US 11,939,701 B2
Shaped nonwoven
Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH (US); Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US); Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Nathan Ray Whitely, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/182,418.
Application 18/182,418 is a continuation of application No. 17/475,642, filed on Sep. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,634,838.
Application 17/475,642 is a continuation of application No. 16/019,724, filed on Jun. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,214,893, issued on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/527,216, filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0212790 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D04H 3/16 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61L 15/52 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); D01D 5/098 (2006.01); D01F 6/06 (2006.01); D01F 8/06 (2006.01); D04H 3/007 (2012.01); D04H 3/018 (2012.01); D04H 3/02 (2006.01); D04H 3/10 (2012.01); D04H 3/14 (2012.01); D04H 3/147 (2012.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC D01D 5/0985 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15252 (2013.01); A61F 13/15658 (2013.01); A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/512 (2013.01); A61F 13/55115 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); D01F 6/06 (2013.01); D01F 8/06 (2013.01); D04H 3/02 (2013.01); D04H 3/102 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D04H 3/16 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1526 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15373 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15406 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15552 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); D10B 2403/033 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A through air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible zone of three-dimensional features on one of the first surface or the second surface, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is different than the second region, the first and second regions have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of:
a. thickness,
b. basis weight, and
c. volumetric density;
wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value; and
wherein at least a portion of one or more of the three-dimensional features forms a curvilinear shape.