Nonwoven material having discrete three-dimensional deformations with wide base openings and specific fiber concentrations

US10045889B2 · 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 are made of at least two layers that include at least a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer. Portions of the fibers in each layer form part of the undeformed first region, the side walls of the protrusions, and the distal ends of the protrusions. There may be differences in the concentration of fibers, or other properties, within at least one of the first and second layers in each of these parts of the deformed nonwoven material.