David J Potts

US Patent:

6627789, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Sep 1, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/654442

Inventors:

Thomas William VanDenBogart - Slinger WI
Amy Michele Achter - Alpharetta GA
Bruce Wilfuhr Achter - Alpharetta GA
Barbara Jean Burns - Appleton WI
Michael Allen Daley - Alpharetta GA
Peter Robert Elliker - Appleton WI
David Martin Jackson - Roswell GA
Nancy Donaldson Kollin - Roswell GA
Gregory Marc Lefkowitz - Atlanta GA
Sylvia Bandy Little - Marietta GA
Tamara Lee Mace - Doraville GA
David Michael Matela - Alpharetta GA
Cynthia Marie Phillips - Neenah WI
David Charles Potts - Dunwoody GA
Lawrence Howell Sawyer - Neenah WI
Michael William Veith - Oshkosh WI
Kevin Wilson Wood - Neenah WI
Dmitry Yavich - Appleton WI

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315

US Classification:

604378

Abstract:

There is provided an intake/retention/transfer material for personal care products like feminine hygiene products, which is a heterogeneous composite containing between 5 and 25 weight percent of a superabsorbent or gelling material and having a density less than 0. 17 g/cc. A more particular embodiment contains less than 20 weight percent and a still more particular embodiment contains 15 weight percent or less of a superabsorbent or gelling material. Also provided are absorbent articles which contain the class of intake/transfer materials mentioned above along with additional absorbent layers such that the absorption of a menses simulant provides fluid partitioning of less than 72% of fluid in the intake/transfer/retention composite. Additionally said composite should have retention capacity values greater than 2. 7 g/g.