Soft absorbent sheets, structuring fabrics for making soft absorbent sheets, and methods of making soft absorbent sheets

US9963831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GPCP IP Holdings LLC · US

Inventors

• Daniel H. Sze · Appleton, US
• Xiaolin Fan · Appleton, US
• Hung Liang Chou · Neenah, US
• Taiye Philips Oriaran · Appleton, US
• Farminder Singh Anand · Painesville, US
• Dean J. Baumgartner · Bonduel, US
• Joseph H. Miller · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2016
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21H11/00
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Soft absorbent sheets, structuring fabrics for producing soft absorbent sheets, and methods of making soft absorbent sheets. The soft absorbent sheets have a plurality of domed regions or projected regions extending from a surface of the sheets, and connecting regions form a network between domed regions. The domed and projected regions include indented bars that extend across the domed and projected regions in a substantially cross machine direction of the absorbent sheets. The absorbent sheets can be formed by structuring fabrics that have long warp yarn knuckles.