Tiffany M Hunter

US Patent:

20030014026, Jan 16, 2003

Filed:

Jun 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/892408

Inventors:

Charles Colman - Marietta GA, US
Jaime Braverman - Atlanta GA, US
Tiffany Hunter - Stone Mountain GA, US
Theresa McCoy - Cumming GA, US

International Classification:

A61F013/15

US Classification:

604/365000, 604/374000, 604/378000

Abstract:

There is provided a personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of pulp cellulose fiber in an amount of from 80 to 95 weight percent, at most 20 weight percent binder and has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.08 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.

US Patent:

20030014028, Jan 16, 2003

Filed:

Jun 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/892947

Inventors:

Charles Colman - Marietta GA, US
Rodney Abba - Oshkosh WI, US
Jaime Braverman - Atlanta GA, US
John Cooper - Clinton TN, US
Maureen Falls - Neenah WI, US
Tiffany Hunter - Stone Mountain GA, US
Steven Inabinet - Knoxville TN, US
David Jackson - Roswell GA, US
Nancy Kollin - Roswell GA, US
Yen-Ling Lai - Duluth GA, US
Sylvia Little - Marietta GA, US
Robert Makolin - Neenah WI, US
David Nickel - Neenah WI, US

International Classification:

A61F013/15
A61F013/20

US Classification:

604/378000, 604/370000, 604/372000, 604/374000

Abstract:

There is provided a personal care product that has a liquid impermeable backsheet, a liquid permeable topsheet, and an absorbent composite located between the topsheet and backsheet. The absorbent composite has an upper layer made of synthetic fiber with at most 20 weight percent pulp and the upper layer has a density between about 0.03 and 0.15 g/cc and a basis weight between about 20 to 75 gsm. The composite has a lower layer having from 80 to 95 weight percent pulp, at most 20 weight percent binder, and has a density greater than the upper layer and between 0.06 and 0.20 g/cc, and a basis weight between 120 and 200 gsm.