Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
9-13-1994
Patent Number
patent number 5346422
Abstract
This invention relates to an article of manufacture consisting of a toy having a plurality of synthetic fibers capable of spontaneously transporting water on the surface thereof, said fibers satisfying the following equation wherein .theta..sub.a is the advancing contact angle of water measured on a flat film made from the same material as the fiber and having the same surface treatment, if any, X is a shape factor of the fiber cross-section that satisfies the following equation ##EQU1## wherein P.sub.w is the wetted perimeter of the fiber and r is the radius of the circumscribed circle circumscribing the fiber cross-section and D is the minor axis dimension across the fiber cross-section.
Application Number
07/986837
Assignees
Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN)
Filing Date
1992-12-08
Primary/U.S. Class
446/394
Other/U.S. Class
8/512, 8/532, 427/394, 428/357, 428/364, 428/371, 428/375, 428/397, 428/913