Fibrous structures

US7989058B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• John Allen Manifold · Sunman, US
• Charles Chidozie Ekenga · Boston, US
• Douglas Jay Barkey · Oak Harbor, US
• Kathleen Diane Sands · Sharonville, US
• Thorsten Knobloch · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 23, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/253
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Fibrous structures that exhibit a Dry Burst of greater than 360 g as measured according to the Dry Burst Test Method and optionally, a Total Dry Tensile of less than 2450 g/76.2 mm and/or a Machine Direction (MD) Dry Tensile of less than 1520 g/76.2 mm and/or a Geometric Mean (GM) Total Dry Tensile of less than 1180 g/76.2 mm as measured according to the Tensile Strength Test Method are provided.