Absorbent flexible board
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorEmile C. Dube
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Abstract
A highly flexible absorbent material useful in sanitary napkins, diapers and the like is obtained by preparing an absorbent board which includes integral reinforcing fibers, and partially shearing the board into a plurality of narrow strips without substantially cutting or breaking the reinforcing fibers. The resulting material is extremely flexible in the tranverse direction and maintains its integrity due to the presence of the reinforcing fibers which interconnect adjacent strips. The absorbent material is preferably composed of a mixture of peat moss and synthetic reinforcing fibers.
Claims19
A flexible absorbent element useful in products for absorbing body fluids comprising a plurality of strips of an absorbent material disposed adjacent to each other and interconnected to one another by a fibrous reinforcing component integral with said absorbent material and extending between said strips to maintain the structural integrity of said absorbent element.
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