Nonwoven fabric for oral pouched product, and methods of manufacturing a nonwoven fabric
AssigneeNonwovenn Ltd
InventorsGiovanni GENTILCORE, Adrian BISSON, Dave HILL
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Abstract
A nonwoven fabric for manufacturing an oral pouched product, where the nonwoven fabric is chewable to increase its liquid permeability. When the nonwoven fabric is used to form a pouch, it may thus control the release of substances from within the pouch. The nonwoven fabric can be formed by applying a diffusion restricting treatment to a base nonwoven fabric. The diffusion restricting treatment may include any of (a) incorporating a digestible compound; (b) incorporating a superabsorbent polymer; (c) incorporating a hydrophobic material; and (d) forming a deformable barrier layer.
Claims22
A nonwoven fabric for forming an oral pouched product, the nonwoven fabric comprising:
- a nonwoven fabric substrate;
- and
- a diffusion restricting material at least one of on or in the nonwoven fabric substrate,
- wherein the diffusion restricting material is configured to provide a barrier to diffusion through the nonwoven fabric in aqueous environment, and
- wherein the barrier to diffusion is reducible by a chewing action.
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A method for manufacturing a nonwoven fabric, the method comprising:
- forming a nonwoven fabric substrate;
- and
- applying a diffusion restricting material to the nonwoven fabric substrate,
- wherein the diffusion restricting material is configured to provide a barrier to diffusion through the nonwoven fabric in aqueous environment, and
- wherein the barrier to diffusion is reducible by a chewing action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.