Patent ID: 9498384
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A61F,B32B,D04H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An assembled intermediate consisting of a thermoplastic nonwoven web prepared from a hydrophobic polymer proximate an absorbent material; wherein the nonwoven web consists of a plurality of bonded staple fibers having an average diameter of 20 to 500 microns and the nonwoven web has a thickness of at least 3 mm ranging up to about 20 mm that defines lateral edges, a density ranging from 0.01 to 0.06 g/cm 3 , and a work of compression no greater than 20 kJ/m 3 ; wherein the nonwoven web is free of hydrophilic fibers and superabsorbent polymer such that the nonwoven web exhibits a vertical wicking of saline solution of no greater than 5 mm; and the absorbent material is in contact with at least one lateral edge.