Flexible absorbent sheet
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorsGaetan Chauvette, Patricia Ramacieri
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Abstract
A highly absorbent, flexible and resilient sheet comprising a non-defiberized cellulosic pulp board containing effective amounts of debonding agent and cross-linked cellulosic fibers, well-suited for use as an absorbent component of a disposable, absorbent product such as a sanitary napkin, a diaper, an incontinence pad, an adult brief, a wound dressing and the like. The invention also extends to a method for manufacturing the fluid-absorbent sheet, to a disposable absorbent product utilizing the fluid-absorbent sheet and to a method for enhancing the resilience, fluid-absorbency and flexibility of a non-defiberized cellulosic pulp board.
Claims9
A resilient, flexible, fluid-absorbent sheet for use in a disposable fluid-absorbent product, comprising a non-defiberized, cellulosic pulp board containing effective amounts of a debonding agent and cross-linked cellulosic fibers, wherein said debonding agent is present in said cellulosic pulp board in the range from about 0.05 to about 10 percent based on the dry weight of cellulose in said pulp board.
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