Shaped nonwoven

US11324641B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Arman Ashraf · Mason, US
• Paul Thomas Weisman · Cincinnati, US
• Adrien Grenier · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Martin Ian James · Cincinnati, US
• Stefano Michele Sinigaglia · Wyoming, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2020
• Grant date: May 10, 2022
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2403/033
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region exhibits a Contact Angle of greater than 90 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein, and the second region exhibits a Time to Wick of less than 10 seconds, as measured by the Time to Wick Test Method detailed herein.