Fibrous creased fabrics
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Cosgrove Creagan, Samuel Edward Marmon
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Abstract
There is provided a surge material for personal care products with a first creased layer and at least a second layer, where the layers are in face-to-face relation to one another and bonded together. The first has creases with a depth of between 0.25 and 2 mm and a frequency of between 5 and 100 per centimeter in the cross-machine and the second layer may have densities of between 0.01 and 0.05 g/cc and a basis weight between 25 and 250 gsm.
Claims22
A personal care product comprising a top sheet, a surge layer and an absorbent core, wherein said surge layer is positioned between said top sheet and said absorbent core, said surge layer comprises a compression resistant creased first layer, a lower density second layer adjacent said first layer, said second layer having a density between 0.01 and 0.05 g/cc, and said second layer and said first layer being bonded together, wherein said first layer comprises a nonwoven web comprising polyolefin fibers.
A personal care product comprising a top sheet, a surge layer and an absorbent core, wherein said surge layer is positioned between said top sheet and said absorbent core, said surge layer comprises a compression resistant creased first layer, a lower density second layer adjacent said first layer, a third layer adjacent said first layer on a side of the first layer away from said second layer, said second and third layers each independently have a density between 0.01 and 0.05 g/cc, and said second layer and said third layer are each independently bonded to said first layer.
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