Patent ID: 8574683

Claim:
A method of making a pulp sheet of odor-inhibiting absorbent fibers comprising providing an odor-inhibiting formulation comprising a non-water liquid carrier that is liquid at room temperature and has less than 20 weight % water, and an odor-inhibiting agent that is a biocide; wherein the odor-inhibiting fiber composition comprises from about 0.005 weight % to about 0.5 weight % biocide, and from about 0.025 weight % to about 1.0 weight % non-water liquid carrier, based on the dry weight of the odor-inhibiting fiber composition; providing a pulp sheet of cellulosic fibers; and applying said odor-inhibiting formulation to the pulp sheet of cellulosic fibers so that the fibers are impregnated with the odor-inhibiting formulation.