Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
3-5-2002
Patent Number
patent number 6352664
Abstract
The ability to transport body liquids in consumer products such as diapers, incontinents and feminine napkins is a key factor in their performance. This invention is designed to provide specific high fluxes (volume of liquid/time*mass of polymer) of aqueous liquids in designated directions using bundles of new specially designed fibers. The key factors for the bundles are a high specific adhesion for the liquid of interest, a high specific volume of the bundle itself, and alignment of the fibers within the bundle. The invention includes novel liquid acquisition/distribution systems and absorbent products that include a liquid acquisition/distribution system which may incorporate the novel bundles of fibers.
Application Number
09/441100
Assignees
Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, SC)
Filing Date
1999-11-16
Primary/U.S. Class
264/130
Other/U.S. Class
264/177.13, 264/211.14