Patent ID: 8202609

Claim:
An absorbent material, comprising: a substantially homogeneous blend of cellulosic fibrous material and particulate superabsorbent polymeric material, in the form of a sheet of absorbent material having upper and lower surfaces, said sheet of absorbent material including regions of relatively high densification formed at particles of said superabsorbent polymeric material, said sheet of absorbent material including a wax having a discontinuous distribution in said sheet of absorbent material, including localized concentrations or penetrations of said wax in at least some of the regions of relatively high densification of said sheet of absorbent material, said wax having a melting point less than 100° C., wherein said sheet of absorbent material defines a pattern of regions of relatively high and low densification, said wax being preferentially distributed in said regions of high densification, said sheet of absorbent material having a basis weight in the range from about 75-700 gsm, with said superabsorbent polymeric material in a range of about 0-55%, by weight, and said wax in a range of about 2-15%, by weight.