Patent ID: 6162959
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A method of supplying a fluid absorbent strip comprising:providing a web of a fluid permeable sheet material;longitudinally slitting the web into a plurality of strips of the sheet material, each strip having an upper surface and two side edges;applying longitudinally along the strip a fluid absorbent particulate material onto at least a part of a width of the upper surface of the strip to define a band of the particulate material;folding the strip along two parallel, longitudinally extending fold lines arranged between the side edges of the strip and spaced outwardly from the center line of the strip such that the side edges are brought together at a position overlying the band to cover the band;and bonding together said brought together side edges of the strip by an adhesive strip overlying the side edges and external of the band to encapsulate the band of particulate material.