Capillary laminate material
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1. A laminate material comprising:
- a first sheet and a second sheet, said first sheet being fluid pervious, said first sheet and said second sheet being spaced apart from one another by at least one spacer to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, said spacer connecting said first sheet and said second sheet together to form said laminate material, said spacer maintaining said first sheet and said second sheet at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure.
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to a laminate material. The laminate material includes a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart from one another by spacers to define a capillary zone for the capillary movement of fluid between the first and second sheets. The spacers connect the first sheet and the second sheet together to form the laminate material.
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1. A laminate material comprising:
a first sheet and a second sheet, said first sheet being fluid pervious, said first sheet and said second sheet being spaced apart from one another by at least one spacer to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, said spacer connecting said first sheet and said second sheet together to form said laminate material, said spacer maintaining said first sheet and said second sheet at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A laminate material comprising:
a first sheet having a plurality of apertures therein and a second sheet having a plurality of apertures therein, said first sheet and said second sheet being spaced apart from one another by a plurality of spacers to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, at least one of said spacers connecting said first sheet and said second sheet together to form said laminate material, said spacers maintaining said first sheet and said second sheet at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A laminate material comprising:
at least two fluid pervious sheets being spaced apart from one another by a plurality of spacers to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, said spacers connecting said fluid pervious sheets together, said spacers maintaining said fluid pervious sheets at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure, said laminate material further comprising a fluid impervious sheet spaced apart from one of said fluid pervious sheets by a plurality of spacers to define a secondary zone therebetween for the movement of fluid, at least one of said spacers connecting one of said fluid pervious sheets to said fluid impervious sheet to form a laminate material. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. An absorbent article including a wearer-contacting topsheet and an absorbent element for absorbing body fluids, said topsheet comprising:
- a laminate material including a first sheet and a second sheet, said first sheet having a plurality of apertures therein, said second sheet having a plurality of apertures therein, said first sheet and said second sheet being spaced apart from one another by a plurality of spacers to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, at least one of said spacers connecting said first sheet and said second sheet together to form said laminate material, said spacers maintaining said first sheet and said second sheet at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure.
- View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An absorbent article including a wearer-contacting topsheet and an absorbent element for absorbing bodily fluids, said absorbent element comprising:
- a laminate material including a first sheet and a second sheet, said first sheet having a plurality of apertures therein, said first sheet and said second sheet being spaced apart from one another by a plurality of spacers to define a capillary zone therebetween for the capillary movement of fluid, at least one of said spacers connecting said first sheet and said second sheet together to form said laminate material, said spacers maintaining said first sheet and said second sheet at a dimensional spacing sufficient to impart capillary forces to a fluid entering said capillary zone and move said fluid within said capillary zone via capillary pressure.
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