Shaped nonwoven

US11987917B2 · 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 10, 2023
• Grant date: May 21, 2024
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2509/026
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A through-air thermally bonded nonwoven fabric is provided. 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, wherein at least one of the surfaces has a TS7 value of less than about 15 dB V2 rms, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value that is higher than the second surface TS7 value.