RESILIENT FLUID MANAGEMENT MATERIALS FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

• Main Authors: SMITH, ROLAND, COLUMBUS, JR, LATIMER, MARGARET, GWYN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.06.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BABY LINEN; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BRAIDING; COTTON-WOOL; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FOMENTATION; HANDKERCHIEFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LAUNDERING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLEATING, KILTING, OR GOFFERING TEXTILE FABRICS OR WEARINGAPPAREL; PROSTHESES; SHIRTS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TRIMMINGS; UNDERWEAR; WADDING; WEARING APPAREL

There is provided a corrugated nonwoven web where at least 40 percent of the web surface area is made from fusible fibers. The corrugated web is bonded such that no gaps are present between the folds of the web. Such webs provide comparable compression resistance and resiliency to, and greater void volume than, webs having a conventional X-Y plane fiber alignment. There is further provided personal care products having the corrugated nonwoven web as a component where the web is placed in the product in the transverse direction. L'invention concerne une nappe non tissée ondulée, dont au moins 40 % de la surface est constituée de fibres fusibles. Cette nappe ondulée est liée de manière à éviter toute présence d'espaces entre les plis de la nappe. De telles nappes offrent une résistance à la compression et une souplesse comparables aux nappes présentant un alignement de fibres selon un plan X-Y classique, de même qu'un volume vide supérieur à celles-ci. L'invention concerne en outre des produits de soins hygiéniques comprenant une nappe non tissée ondulée en tant que composant, cette nappe étant placée dans le produit dans le sens transversal.