US 11,970,818 B2
Fibrous structures
Fei Wang, Mason, OH (US); Douglas Jay Barkey, Salem Township, OH (US); James Allen Cain, Albany, NY (US); Stephen John DelVecchio, Cincinnati, OH (US); Angela Marie Leimbach, Hamilton, OH (US); Kun Piao, Deerfield Township, OH (US); James Kenneth Comer, West Chester, OH (US); and Ryan Dominic Maladen, Anderson Township, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Fei Wang, Mason, OH (US); Douglas Jay Barkey, Salem Township, OH (US); James Allen Cain, Albany, NY (US); Stephen John DelVecchio, Cincinnati, OH (US); Angela Marie Leimbach, Hamilton, OH (US); Kun Piao, Deerfield Township, OH (US); James Kenneth Comer, West Chester, OH (US); and Ryan Dominic Maladen, Anderson Township, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,174.
Application 17/521,174 is a continuation of application No. 15/792,811, filed on Oct. 25, 2017, granted, now 11,198,972.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/412,455, filed on Oct. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0178076 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. D21H 27/02 (2006.01); D21F 1/10 (2006.01); D21F 3/04 (2006.01); D21F 5/04 (2006.01); D21F 5/18 (2006.01); D21F 9/02 (2006.01); D21F 11/00 (2006.01); D21H 25/00 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); B31F 1/12 (2006.01); D21G 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC D21F 11/006 (2013.01) [D21F 1/10 (2013.01); D21F 3/045 (2013.01); D21F 5/048 (2013.01); D21F 5/181 (2013.01); D21F 9/02 (2013.01); D21H 25/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/002 (2013.01); D21H 27/004 (2013.01); D21H 27/005 (2013.01); D21H 27/008 (2013.01); D21H 27/02 (2013.01); B31F 1/126 (2013.01); D21F 5/188 (2013.01); D21G 3/005 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fibrous structure, comprising:
a plurality of MD-oriented knuckles extending from a surface of the fibrous structure in a parallel path, wherein the plurality of MD-oriented knuckles are separated in the CD by MD-oriented pillows;
wherein each MD-oriented knuckle comprises a plurality of discrete pillows, the plurality of discrete pillows are arranged in a spaced configuration along the plurality of MD-oriented knuckles, such that the discrete pillows are formed within side edges of the plurality of MD-oriented knuckles;
wherein the MD-oriented pillows are the same shape as the MD-oriented knuckles;
wherein the MD-oriented knuckles and pillows are rotated at an angle off of machine direction by an angle alpha and wherein the angle alpha is from about two to about five degrees.