Patent ID: 7314839

Claim:
An article of manufacture selected from the group consisting of diapers, training pants, feminine hygiene products, incontinence care products, wet or dry wipes, wound dressings, surgical capes, filter media and battery separators that comprises a wettable polyester fabric which fabric comprises fibers or filaments which fibers or filaments comprise a melt blend which comprises a polyester and one or more alkyl metal sulfonates of the formula RSO 3 M, where M is Na, K or Li and R is straight or branched chain alkyl of 12 to 15 carbon atoms or is straight or branched chain alkenyl of 12 to 18 carbon atoms, where the alkyl metal sulfonates are present from about 2% to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of the polyester, and where the fibers or filaments are not post-treated, and where the melt blend does not contain surface active compounds selected from the group consisting of polyoxyalkylene additive compounds, alkylmonoethanolamide additive compounds, alkyldiethanolamine additive compounds and polyetheramide additive compounds.