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7431869 Methods of forming ultra-fine fibers and non-woven webs  
A nonwoven web product including ultra-fine fibers is formed utilizing a spunbond apparatus that forms multicomponent fibers by delivering first and second polymer components in a molten state from...
7425517 Nonwoven fabric with abrasion resistance and reduced surface fuzziness  
The present invention provides a nonwoven web or laminate having at least one surface with abrasion resistance and a low degree of free fibers on the surface. Also provided is a lofty nonwoven web...
7422712 Technique for incorporating a liquid additive into a nonwoven web  
A technique for incorporating a liquid additive into a nonwoven web is disclosed. Specifically, the liquid additive is loaded into filler particles to form a “dry liquid concentrate”, i.e.,...
7416627 Films and film laminates having cushioning cells and processes of making thereof  
Disclosed herein is a cushioned blown film including a first blown film layer, a second blown film layer, and a plurality of cushioning cells defined between the first blown film layer and the...
7413803 Extensible and elastic conjugate fibers and webs having a nontacky feel  
Extensible bicomponent fibers and webs particularly adapted for disposable personal care product component applications. Sheath/core configurations providing desirable feel properties for elastic...
7413550 Visual indicating device for bad breath  
The invention provides a breath testing device which includes a visual indicating agent which changes color in the presence of an odor associated with bad breath, such as sulfur and ammonia odors....
7409953 Surgical drape having an expandable member  
A surgical drape for use during surgery includes a sheet that is configured for covering at least a portion of a patient. The sheet has a top surface and a bottom surface that is opposite from the...
7399608 Microbial detection and quantification  
A method for semi-quantitatively or quantitatively detecting the presence of a microbe in a sample is provided. The method utilizes a test dye that undergoes a detectable color change in the...
7396782 Laminated absorbent product with increased material strength in defined areas  
The present invention is generally directed to adhesive compositions comprising selected ratios of crystalline and amorphous polymers. In some versions of the invention, polymers capable of...
7396349 Wrapped absorbent core  
In an absorbent structure for an absorbent article, a non-woven absorbent core extends from one longitudinal end region of the absorbent structure through a central region thereof to an opposite...
7393799 Breathable, waterproofing, tear-resistant fabric  
The present invention relates to a composite sheet material that is moisture vapor permeable and substantially liquid impermeable, the composite sheet material including as layers a lightweight,...
7393346 Disposable leak-proof containment garment  
A disposable, leakproof, containment garment for a wearer is formed from a liquid-impermeable containment shell in a substantially humanoid shape with elastic marginal seal areas, such as torso and...
EP1929984A2 Tucked fastener for improved fastener performance  
Packaged garments having pre-fastened, refastenable seams tucked in a certain position can preserve fastener performance. Such refastenable seams are particularly suitable for side seams on...
7384491 Apparatus and methods for making crosslinked elastic laminates  
An apparatus for making an elastic laminate including a crosslinked elastic layer formed of an elastic copolymer includes a die for extruding a layer of crosslinkable elastic copolymer, at least...
7381666 Breathable film and fabric having liquid and viral barrier  
A breathable viral barrier film, viral barrier laminate and surgical articles including the film or laminate are provided. The film has viral barrier properties in the presence of low surface...
7374416 Apparatus and method for controlled width extrusion of filamentary curtain  
The invention provides a method for controlling the width of a plurality of extruded filaments comprising providing a polymer supply and an extrusion die comprising a plurality of extrusion...
EP1916324A2 Method and apparatus for the production of nonwoven web materials  
The present invention provides a method of making a nonwoven web, the method including the steps of providing plurality of fibers and subjecting to a pneumatic force which imparts a velocity to the...
7355091 Elastomeric nonwoven with attached superabsorbent polymer  
Absorbent, elastomeric materials and methods of making absorbent, elastomeric materials. The absorbent, elastomeric materials include an elastomeric substrate and a superabsorbent polymer...
7344732 Medicated tampon  
A tampon adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent, the tampon including a tampon body that is manufactured at a first manufacturing facility; and a dosage form coupled to the body, wherein the dosage...
7344526 Absorbent garment  
An absorbent garment has an absorbent assembly disposed within a garment shell configured for encircling the wearer's waist. The garment shell comprises a front panel assembly having laterally...
7341737 Medicated tampon  
A tampon adapted to deliver a therapeutic agent, the tampon including a tampon body having a distal end; and a dosage form affixed to the distal end of the tampon body, wherein the dosage form...
7338625 Methods of restoring elasticity after stiffening treatments  
Methods for restoring elasticity to a stiffened elastic material include prestretching, compressing and/or notching the stiffened elastic material. These methods can be used alone, or in...
7338516 Method for applying an exothermic coating to a substrate  
A substrate that is capable of generating heat upon activation is provided. Specifically, the substrate is applied with an exothermic coating that may be formed from a variety of different...
7335273 Method of making strand-reinforced elastomeric composites  
A method of making mutually-reinforced elastic strand/film composites and laminates in which film breakage, strand breakage, and strand alignment problems are minimized or avoided. The method...
7335190 Method of providing a series of disposable absorbent articles to consumers  
A method of providing a series of types of pant-like garments and corresponding information to consumers. The series includes two or more pant-like garments, each of the garments corresponding to a...
EP1889955A1 Elastic spunbonded nonwoven and composite nonwoven comprising the same  
The spunbonded nonwoven web (W) has high elastic recovery properties and comprises a plurality of multi-component filaments. Each filament, preferably of the sheath/core type, comprises at least a...
EP1889590A2 Method of tucking side panels with side panel fold location control  
A method of tucking a pair of opposing side panels onto a body portion of a pant-like garment, comprising the steps of: positioning the body portion of the pant-like garment on a conveyor having a...
EP1887121A1 Method and apparatus for production of nonwoven webs  
The present invention provides in improved process of using electrostatics in the formation of nonwoven webs. In the process of the present invention, a source (10) of fibers (12) is provided. The...
7329621 Stretchable film laminates and methods and apparatus for making stretchable film laminates  
Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The stretchable film laminates may include a film...
7326751 Method of thermally processing elastomeric compositions and elastomeric compositions with improved processability  
The present invention provides an improved elastomeric composition that includes from about 0.01 to about 0.5 weight percent of a polyorganosiloxane or a combination of polyorganosiloxanes.
7325699 Lint-reducing container  
An electrostatically charged polymeric material, such as a polyolefin non-woven web, can be used in conjunction with a container, such as a tissue carton, for example, to attract lint and reduce...
7320948 Extensible laminate having improved stretch properties and method for making same  
An extensible laminate having improved set and hysteresis is disclosed. The extensible laminate includes an extensible nonwoven web laminated to an elastomeric sheet that have been mechanically...
7320739 Sound absorptive multilayer composite  
A sound absorptive multilayer composite having an air-impermeable barrier, an air-permeable reinforcing core having an airflow resistance of at least about 100 mks Rayls and a thickness at least...
7316842 High-viscosity elastomeric adhesive composition  
High-viscosity elastomeric adhesive compositions including a high softening point tackifier resin in combination with a base polymer can be used to create elastomeric composite laminates having...
7316840 Strand-reinforced composite material  
Elastomeric composites and elastomeric composite laminates including reinforcement strands incorporated into an elastomeric adhesive film. The strands may vary in terms of levels of tension. Facing...
7312167 Breathable multilayer films for use in absorbent articles  
A multilayer, breathable film that contains a base layer and at least one skin layer is provided. The skin layer is incorporated with a filler that is capable of reducing odor. The base layer may...
7309522 Fibers made from block copolymer  
The present invention relates to compositions such as fibers, elastic yarns, wovens, nonwovens, knitted fabrics, fine nets, and articles produced at least in part from a styrenic block copolymer...
7300770 Detection of microbe contamination on elastomeric articles  
An elastomeric article that contains a chromogen that undergoes a detectable change in color in the presence of one or more microbes is provided. For example, in one embodiment, the chromogen is a...
7297395 Superabsorbent materials having low, controlled gel-bed friction angles and composites made from the same  
The present invention relates to water swellable, water insoluble superabsorbent materials having controlled variable gel-bed friction angles. Controlling the gel-bed friction angle of the...
RE39919 Heterogeneous surge material for absorbent articles  
There is provided a surge material for personal care products comprising a layered structure of at least one relatively high permeability layer on a top side toward a wearer and at least one...
7290545 Face mask with anti-fog folding  
A face mask is provided that is configured to reduce or eliminate fogging that may occur on eye wear or an eyeshield worn by a user of the face mask. The face mask includes a body portion that has...
7285595 Synergistic fluorochemical treatment blend  
Disclosed herein are fluorochemical blends suitable for producing repellency to low surface tension fluids such as, for example, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and hydrophilic liquids, such as those...
7285178 Method and apparatus for making a wrapped absorbent core  
In a method and apparatus for making an absorbent structure, an absorbent core and a wrapsheet are arranged in an unwrapped configuration with a first face of the absorbent core facing a first face...
EP0888466B1 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING NON-WOVEN WEBS  
Abstract not available for EP0888466 Abstract of corresponding document: WO9735053 A process for producing a non-woven polymeric fabric web, such as a spunbond web, having filaments of 0.1 to 5...
7282349 Solvatochromatic bacterial detection  
Solvatochromic dyes are used herein to indicate the presence of bacteria by incorporating them into various substrates such as films, woven and nonwoven fabrics, paper towels, coform and airlaid...
7278988 Dual-use pantiliner  
A pantiliner has a periphery and at least one fold line. The fold line allows the pantiliner to be adjusted in size by folding the pantiliner along the fold line(s). The product is thus convertible...
EP1839629A2 Fastenenr orientation for packaged garments having refastenable seams  
Packaged garments having prefastened, refastenable seams oriented in a certain position can preserve fastener performance. Such refastenable seams are particularly suitable for side seams on...
7276642 Pattern unbonded nonwoven web and process for making same  
The present invention provides a pattern-unbonded material that has at least two distinct regions. One region has different bond pattern than another region. The different bond pattern provides...
7270889 Tackified amorphous-poly-alpha-olefin-bonded structures  
A bonded structure including one or more substrates bonded together with a tackified amorphous poly-alpha-olefin adhesive composition. One method of making such a bonded structure is carried out by...
7270723 Microporous breathable elastic film laminates, methods of making same, and limited use or disposable product applications  
A breathable, elastic film/support layer laminate includes a thermoplastic elastomer film sheet of a thermoplastic elastomer and a filled semi crystalline predominantly linear polymer. The film...