Nonwoven material having discrete three-dimensional deformations with wide base openings

US10045888B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• John Brian Strube · Okeana, US
• Jill Marlene Orr · Monroe, US
• James Terry Knapmeyer · Cincinnati, US
• Rodrigo Rosati · Francavilla al Mare, IT
• Adrien Grenier · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 3, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2509/02
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Nonwoven materials having discrete three-dimensional deformations therein forming protrusions that extend outward from the first surface of the nonwoven material and wide base openings adjacent to the second surface of the nonwoven material are disclosed. The nonwoven materials include multiple fibers that extend from the base of the protrusions to the distal end of the protrusions, and contribute to form a portion of the sides and cap of a protrusion. Such fibers may at least substantially surround the sides of the protrusions.