US 12,213,864 B2
Nonwoven fabrics and absorbent articles having shaped, soft and textured nonwoven fabrics
Sara L. Giovanni, Cincinnati, OH (US); Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH (US); and Paul T. Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/435,811.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,661, filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0374388 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); D04H 3/147 (2012.01)
CPC A61F 13/15203 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15642 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/51108 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 13/51474 (2013.01); D04H 3/147 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15357 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51038 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51452 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5149 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); D10B 2401/021 (2013.01); D10B 2401/022 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A through air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a surface, the surface having a portion having:
a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB V2 rms to about 4.5 dB V2 rms, according to the Emtec Test;
a TS750 value in the range of about 6 dB V2 rms to about 15 dB V2 rms, according to the Emtec Test; and
a D value in the range of about 2 mm/N to about 6 mm/N, according to the Emtec Test;
wherein the surface has a first visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three dimensional features having a first region and a second region, the first region having a different basis weight than the second region;
wherein the surface has a second visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three dimensional features having a first region and a second region, the first region having a different basis weight than the second region; and
wherein a difference in values for basis weight in the first region and the second region in the first visually discernible pattern is different than a difference in values for basis weight in the first region and the second region in the second visually discernible pattern.