US 11,864,985 B2
Absorbent composites containing embossed superabsorbent materials
Feng Chen, Roswell, GA (US); Wing-Chak Ng, Roswell, GA (US); and Mark M. Mleziva, Appleton, WI (US)
Assigned to KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/917,436
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/022896
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/221809, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,886, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118949 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A61F 13/536 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61L 15/60 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/53 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/536 (2013.01); A61L 15/60 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530569 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530605 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530635 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent composite comprising:
a plurality of superabsorbent particles;
wherein the plurality of superabsorbent particles are microembossed with an average major dimension in the range of from about 100 μm to about 300 μm.