Patent ID: 6087551
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbant product comprising a body fluid-impermeable backing sheet, a layer of absorbent material on said backing sheet, and a soft, body fluid-permeable, body contacting, body side liner overlying said absorbent material; said body side liner being a non-woven fabric comprising an interconnected network thermoplastic polymer fibers, said fibers further comprising a homogeneous blend of high denier staple fibers and low denier staple fibers in a range of from 2 to 15 denier, wherein the high denier staple fibers and the low denier fibers staple differ by at least one denier and wherein the high denier staple fibers are present in the blend in an amount of from 10 to 90% and the low denier staple fibers are present in the blend in an amount of from 90 to 10%, wherein the high denier fibers have a denier in a range of from 4 to 15 and the low denier fibers have a denier in a range of from 2 to 4.