US 12,226,295 B2
Patterned apertured webs
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US); Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US); Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US); Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH (US); John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH (US); Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH (US); Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY (US); Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,895.
Application 18/307,895 is a continuation of application No. 17/668,469, filed on Feb. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,766,367.
Application 17/668,469 is a continuation of application No. 17/361,681, filed on Jun. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,813,150.
Application 17/361,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,073, filed on Apr. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,633,311, issued on Apr. 5, 2023.
Application 16/854,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/432,084, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,667,962, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/432,084 is a continuation of application No. 14/933,030, filed on Nov. 5, 2015, granted, now 10,350,119, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/177,405, filed on Mar. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/076,043, filed on Nov. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0082075 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2012.01)
CPC A61F 13/512 (2013.01) [A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/5116 (2013.01); A61F 13/5123 (2013.01); A61F 13/5126 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 13/51484 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/142 (2013.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15715 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51078 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51092 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51147 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51165 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51178 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51182 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51186 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5127 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5128 (2013.01); A61F 13/51305 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51322 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51377 (2013.01); A61F 13/51476 (2013.01); A61F 13/51478 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51486 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/04 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2250/242 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2555/00 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24314 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24793 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24826 (2015.01); Y10T 442/60 (2015.04); Y10T 442/66 (2015.04)] 22 Claims
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1. A patterned apertured web comprising:
a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web; and
a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web, wherein at least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures;
wherein the patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to an Aperture Test of the present invention;
wherein the patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test, wherein the Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean, and wherein the mean is different than the median;
wherein at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to the Aperture Test;
wherein a wearer-facing surface of the patterned apertured web is hydrophobic, and wherein a garment-facing surface of the patterned apertured web is hydrophilic;
wherein the patterned apertured web comprises monocomponent spunbond fibers, bicomponent spunbond fibers, monocomponent staple fibers, bicomponent staple fibers, meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or crimped fibers;
wherein the monocomponent spunbond fibers, the bicomponent spunbond fibers, the monocomponent staple fibers, the bicomponent staple fibers, the meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or the crimped fibers comprise polyethylene and/or polypropylene; and
wherein the patterned apertured web comprises a portion of a topsheet or a portion of a garment-facing surface of an absorbent article.