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(43) Date of publication: 04.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/40 (21) Application number: 98963230.2 (22) Date of filing: 15.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47K 10/42 (86) International application number: PCT/US9826/702 (87) International publication number: WO 9930/601 (24.06.1999 Gazette 1999/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB GR IT NL PT SE (30) Priority: 16.12.1997 US 991669 18.09.1998 US 156230 08.12.1998 US 206956 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54957 (US)	(72) Inventors: SPENCER, Jan, Byron, Charles Roswell, GA 30075 (US) TRAMONTINA, Paul, Francis Alpharetta, GA 30004 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)