US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on March 31 for "Wiping product and method for making same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,788, issued on March 31, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Wiping product and method for making same" was invented by Joseph K. Baker (Cumming, Ga.) and Timothy W. Reader (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet laid and hydraulically entangled nonwoven material made from cellulosic fibers and synthetic staple fibers is disclosed. The cellulosic fibers are mixed with the synthetic fibers and formed into a web using a wet lay process. The web is then subjected to multiple hydroentangling processes. In one embodiment, the web is subjected to a first hydroentangling process while being conveyed in...