Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
7-13-2004
Patent Number
patent number 6761957
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
09/442685
Assignees
Clemson University Research Foundation (Clemson, SC)
Filing Date
1999-11-18
Primary/U.S. Class
428/138
Other/U.S. Class
428/113, 428/114, 428/220, 428/913, 604/378, 604/384, 604/385.101