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AssigneeWeyerhaeuser Company
InventorsRichard H. Young, Sr., Amar N. Neogi, Michael R. Hansen, Kevin T. Hodgson, Donald D. Halabisky, David G. Marsh, Christel Brunnenkant, David W. Park, Paul G. Gaddis, William C. Johnston, Jr.
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A fiber product comprises dry discontinuous fibers having a starch binder on at least a portion of the fiber surfaces, at least about seventy percent of the starch binder coated fibers being unbonded to one another, solid particles are adhered to the fibers by the binder without the binder entirely coating the particles. The fibers may be air laid into a web or formed into an absorbent structure. Superabsorbent particles are a specific example of the particles which may be adhered to the fibers.
A fiber product which comprises dry discontinuous fibers having a starch binder on at least a portion of the fiber surfaces, at least seventy percent of the starch binder coated fibers being unbonded to one another, solid particles being adhered to the fibers by the binder without the binder entirely coating the particles.
A fiber product which comprises discontinuous fibers having a starch binder on at least a portion of the fiber surfaces, superabsorbent solid particles which can absorb in excess of ten parts liquid per part particle and which are adhered to the fibers by the binder, and the superabsorbent solid particles not being entirely coated by the binder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.