US 11,725,346 B2
Fibrous structures
Ryan Dominic Maladen, AndersonTownship, OH (US); Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Symmes Township, OH (US); Osman Polat, Montgomery, OH (US); and Douglas Jay Barkey, Salem Township, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/61,620.
Application 17/061,620 is a continuation of application No. 15/892,479, filed on Feb. 9, 2018, granted, now 10,472,771.
Application 15/892,479 is a continuation of application No. 15/493,336, filed on Apr. 21, 2017, granted, now 10,458,069, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Application 15/493,336 is a continuation of application No. 14/642,870, filed on Mar. 10, 2015, granted, now 10,132,042, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/033,414, filed on Aug. 5, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0017716 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D21H 27/02 (2006.01); D21H 27/42 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/40 (2006.01); D21H 25/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/32 (2006.01)
CPC D21H 27/02 (2013.01) [D21H 25/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/002 (2013.01); D21H 27/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/32 (2013.01); D21H 27/40 (2013.01); D21H 27/42 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A papermaking belt, comprising:
a reinforcing element comprising a surface;
a plurality of discrete knuckles extending from portions of the surface of the reinforcing element, wherein the plurality of discrete knuckles are arranged in a pattern of repeat units, and wherein the discrete knuckles are characterized by:
at least some of the discrete knuckles are arranged in a plurality of rows of adjacent knuckles separated by a distance, including at least a first row and a second row, wherein a first distance is formed between a first discrete knuckle and a second discrete knuckle, wherein a second distance is formed between the second discrete knuckle and a third discrete knuckle, and wherein a third distance is formed between the third discrete knuckle and a fourth discrete knuckle;
wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth discrete knuckles are in the first row;
wherein the first discrete knuckle is immediately adjacent to the second discrete knuckle, wherein the second discrete knuckle is immediately adjacent to the third discrete knuckle, and wherein the third discrete knuckle is immediately adjacent to the fourth discrete knuckle; and
wherein the first, second, and third distances are different distances.