Shaped nonwoven

US11992393B2 · 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: Feb 2, 2022
• Grant date: May 28, 2024
• Expiry date: Nov 18, 2042

Classification

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

Abstract

A through-air bonded nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surfaces. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions have a difference in values for an intensive property, 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, and wherein the second region exhibits a Time to Wick of less than 10 seconds, as measured by the Time to Wick Test Method.