Laura M Anderson

US Patent:

59615052, Oct 5, 1999

Filed:

Feb 23, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/200251

Inventors:

Louise Cynthia Ellis Coe - Appleton WI
Laura Jane Anderson - Menasha WI
Mark Leonard Kaspar - Oshkosh WI
Mary Lou McDaniel - Appleton WI
John Carl Faison - Cumming GA
Andrew Edward Diamond - Roswell GA
Mary Chris Wanek - Marietta GA
David Keith Osteen - Marietta GA
Kenneth Yin Wang - Westchester PA

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark-Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

International Classification:

A61F 1315
A61F 1320

US Classification:

604378

Abstract:

An absorbent article is disclosed which exhibits improved fluid management. The article includes an absorbent having first and second oppositely aligned surfaces and a longitudinally extending central axis. A bicomponent cover is positioned over the first surface of the absorbent and includes a first and a second material. The first material has openings formed therein and is aligned along the longitudinally extending central axis of the absorbent. The second material is nonapertured and is secured to, or positioned adjacent to, the outer periphery of the first material. The first and second materials cooperate to enclose the absorbent. Positioned between the first material and the first surface of the absorbent is a separation means. The separation means directs fluid from the body downward, in the z direction, away from the bicomponent cover, and outward in the x and y directions to provide a more efficient use of the absorbent material. The absorbent article further contains a liquid-impermeable baffle which is positioned adjacent to the second surface of the absorbent.

Author:

Laura L. Anderson

ISBN #:

0873515307

Author:

Laura Anderson

ISBN #:

8489884455

Author:

Laura Killen Anderson

ISBN #:

0844232653

Author:

Laura Killen Anderson

ISBN #:

0844232661