Patent ID: 7812062
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: C08J,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article selected from a baby diaper, a feminine hygiene product, an adult incontinence hygiene product, a wound dressing pad, a surgical sponge, a food packaging pad, a wiping towel and a wiping sponge, where the article comprises a durable, open-cell foam comprising a) one or more copolymers or interpolymers of ethylene and/or 1-propene, with or without other monomers selected from C 4 to C 10 olefins, and which has an ethylene or 1-propene content from about 2-98 weight percent, wherein said cell size of the majority of cells at a first major surface of the foam ranges between about 20 and about 100 microns and the cell size of the majority of cells at the other major surface of the foam ranges between about 200 and about 1100 microns.