Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Pauley Petersen & Ericson
  • Cover material with improved fluid handling properties
    Patent number: 6740792
    Abstract: A material having a multi-denier base material layer including a plurality of fine denier fibers, the fine denier fibers of less than about 10 dpf, and a plurality of large denier filaments intermixed with the fine denier fibers which form channels in a longitudinal direction of the material, the large denier filaments of greater than about 10 dpf. A method of producing a multi-denier cover material is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald E. Waldroup, Jaime Braverman, Teresa Petryk