A FLUSHABLE BODY FLUID ABSORBENT COMPOSITE

摘要

A flushable bodily liquid absorbent composite product, having a bodily liquid absorbent core and a backing layer applied to a garment side of the core. The backing layer is readily soluble in cold water and has a water impervious layer on its core side and a water resistant layer on its garment facing side. The backing layer includes a polyvinyl dylene chloride layer adjacent to the core and a paper layer adjacent to the polyvinyl dylene chloride layer, wherein the paper layer is coated on both sides with polyvinyl alcohol. Adjacent to the polyvinyl alcohol coating on the garment side of the paper is a layer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl acetate and shellac.