ABSORBENT ARTICLE

AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10') IS DISCLOSED FOR ABSORBING BODY FLUIDS AS URINE, MENSES BLOOD, EXCREMENT, ETC. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10') INCLUDES A LIQUID-PERMEABLE COVER (22), A LIQUID IMPERMEABLE BAFFLE (24) AND AN ABSORBENT (26) POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN. THE ABSORBENT (26) IS CONSTRUCTED OF...

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Hauptverfasser: VALERIE VICTORIA FINCH, DEDE ANN HIRT, LAURIE COUTURE-DORSCHNER
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10') IS DISCLOSED FOR ABSORBING BODY FLUIDS AS URINE, MENSES BLOOD, EXCREMENT, ETC. THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE (10') INCLUDES A LIQUID-PERMEABLE COVER (22), A LIQUID IMPERMEABLE BAFFLE (24) AND AN ABSORBENT (26) POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN. THE ABSORBENT (26) IS CONSTRUCTED OF FIRST (30) AND SECOND (32) MEMBERS EACH HAVING A PREDETERMINED WIDTH, WITH THE WIDTH OF THE FIRST MEMBER (30) BEING EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE SECOND MEMBER (32). THE SECOND MEMBER (32) IS POSITIONED BELOW AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE FIRST MEMBER (30). THE SECOND MEMBER (32) HAS A GREATER WICKING CAPABILITY THAN SAID FIRST MEMBER (30) AND THIS FACILITATES MOVEMENT OF BODY FLUID IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE THROUGHOUT THE SECOND MEMBER (32). THE BODY FLUID PRESENT IN THE SECOND MEMBER (32) WILL THEN BE TRANSFERRED BACK INTO THE FIRST MEMBER (30) OVER AN AREA EQUAL TO THE SATURATED AREA OF THE SECOND MEMBER. (FIG. 4)