Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

9-13-1994

Patent Number

patent number 5346422

Abstract

This invention relates to an article of manufacture consisting of a toy having a plurality of synthetic fibers capable of spontaneously transporting water on the surface thereof, said fibers satisfying the following equation wherein .theta..sub.a is the advancing contact angle of water measured on a flat film made from the same material as the fiber and having the same surface treatment, if any, X is a shape factor of the fiber cross-section that satisfies the following equation ##EQU1## wherein P.sub.w is the wetted perimeter of the fiber and r is the radius of the circumscribed circle circumscribing the fiber cross-section and D is the minor axis dimension across the fiber cross-section.

Application Number

07/986837

Assignees

Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN)

Filing Date

1992-12-08

Primary/U.S. Class

446/394

Other/U.S. Class

8/512, 8/532, 427/394, 428/357, 428/364, 428/371, 428/375, 428/397, 428/913

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