Fibrous structures

US8491995B2 · 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: Apr 1, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 23, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 1, 2031

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 cross machine direction total energy absorption (CDTEA) of greater than 8 cm-g/cm2 as measured according to the TEA Test Method.