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US 5,057,361 AGranted
Wettable polymeric fabrics
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Sayovitz, Cheryl A. Perkins
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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsJohn J. Sayovitz, Cheryl A. Perkins
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A polymeric fabric having enhanced wettability, a method for producing such wettable polymeric fabric, and composition for us in the method are provided. The polymeric fabric comprises a primary surfactant on the surface of the polymeric fabric, the primary surfactant having a low solubility in water and dispersible in water. The primary surfactant is applied to the fabric in an aqueous solution. The primary surfactant is preferably applied to the fabric in a composiiton comprising the primary surfactant, water, and a co-surfactant functional to wet the polymeric fabric with the composition during application of the composition to the polymeric fabric. The co-surfactant is present in the composition in an amount sufficient to provide for substantially uniform distribution of the primary surfactant onto the polymeric fabric.
A composition for increasing the wettability of polymeric fabric, the composition comprising:
A wettable polymeric fabric comprising:
A wettable non-woven polymeric fabric comprising:
A process for increasing the wettability of polymeric fabric, the process comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.