Title:
FABRICS HAVING MODIFIED SURFACE PROPERTIES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002009491
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Multicomponent fiber nonwoven webs having excellent liquid handling and/or repellency properties are described wherein the multicomponent thermoplastic polymer fibers have exposed first and second components that form the outer surface of the multicomponent fibers and that extend substantially continuously along the length of the fibers. The first component comprises a thermoplastic polymer and an active agent, such as a liquid repellency agent, and the second component comprises a thermoplastic polymer and contains from 100% to 50% by weight less active agent than the first component.
Inventors:
HAYNES BRYAN DAVID
QUINCY ROGER BRADSHAW III
CLARK DARRYL FRANKLIN
LAKE MATTHEW BOYD
QUINCY ROGER BRADSHAW III
CLARK DARRYL FRANKLIN
LAKE MATTHEW BOYD
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/023938
Publication Date:
August 08, 2002
Filing Date:
July 31, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
International Classes:
D04H3/16; D04H13/00; A61F13/15; (IPC1-7): D04H1/42
Domestic Patent References:
| WO1998023804A1 | 1998-06-04 |
Foreign References:
| US5534339A | 1996-07-09 | |||
| US5718972A | 1998-02-17 |
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