Mark L Kaspar, Age 695467 Nickels Dr, Oshkosh, WI 54904

4322472, Mar 30, 1982

Oct 27, 1980

6/201289

Mark L. Kaspar - Oshkosh WI
James F. Lowey - Fremont WI

Alco Standard Corporation - Valley Forge PA

B32B 2700

428350

An aqueous adhesive composition containing a graft copolymerized product of low amylose starch and acrylamide with rheological and remoistening adhesive properties suitable for coating low basis weight kraft paper on transfer roll coating equipment to make remoistenable sealing tapes. The desired properties of the adhesive composition are obtained by a controlled graft copolymerization together with a simultaneous gelatinization of the starch at temperatures below 210. degree. F. and with the essential addition of cupric or ferric ions before initiating the reaction. The resulting coatable adhesive has a comparatively low viscosity as required for transfer roll coating while retaining the improved adhesion properties of the acrylamide.

5961505, Oct 5, 1999

Feb 23, 1994

8/200251

Louise Cynthia Ellis Coe - Appleton WI
Laura Jane Anderson - Menasha WI
Mark Leonard Kaspar - Oshkosh WI
Mary Lou McDaniel - Appleton WI
John Carl Faison - Cumming GA
Andrew Edward Diamond - Roswell GA
Mary Chris Wanek - Marietta GA
David Keith Osteen - Marietta GA
Kenneth Yin Wang - Westchester PA

Kimberly-Clark-Worldwide, Inc. - Neenah WI

A61F 1315
A61F 1320

604378

An absorbent article is disclosed which exhibits improved fluid management. The article includes an absorbent having first and second oppositely aligned surfaces and a longitudinally extending central axis. A bicomponent cover is positioned over the first surface of the absorbent and includes a first and a second material. The first material has openings formed therein and is aligned along the longitudinally extending central axis of the absorbent. The second material is nonapertured and is secured to, or positioned adjacent to, the outer periphery of the first material. The first and second materials cooperate to enclose the absorbent. Positioned between the first material and the first surface of the absorbent is a separation means. The separation means directs fluid from the body downward, in the z direction, away from the bicomponent cover, and outward in the x and y directions to provide a more efficient use of the absorbent material. The absorbent article further contains a liquid-impermeable baffle which is positioned adjacent to the second surface of the absorbent.