US 11,987,917 B2
Shaped nonwoven
Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH (US); Paul Thomas Weisman, Cincinnati, OH (US); Adrien Grenier, Frankfurt (DE); Martin Ian James, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Stefano Michele Sinigaglia, Wyoming, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,657.
Application 18/447,657 is a continuation of application No. 17/859,272, filed on Jul. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,773,521.
Application 17/859,272 is a continuation of application No. 17/149,908, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,427,943, issued on Aug. 30, 2022.
Application 17/149,908 is a continuation of application No. 16/844,187, filed on Apr. 9, 2020, granted, now 10,934,645, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 16/844,187 is a continuation of application No. 15/879,474, filed on Jan. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,655,257, issued on May 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/452,518, filed on Jan. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0383448 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. D04H 3/16 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); D01D 5/253 (2006.01); D01F 8/06 (2006.01); D04H 3/007 (2012.01); D04H 3/018 (2012.01); D04H 3/03 (2012.01); D04H 3/147 (2012.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC D04H 3/16 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/51108 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 13/51401 (2013.01); A61F 13/51456 (2013.01); A61F 13/51476 (2013.01); A61F 13/51496 (2013.01); A61F 13/537 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); D04H 3/007 (2013.01); D04H 3/018 (2013.01); D04H 3/03 (2013.01); D04H 3/147 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15373 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15406 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15422 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15959 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51088 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); D01D 5/253 (2013.01); D01F 8/06 (2013.01); D10B 2401/021 (2013.01); D10B 2401/022 (2013.01); D10B 2403/011 (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:
the through-air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible zone on at least one of the first surface and second surface, the visually discernible zone having a pattern of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein at least one of the surfaces has a TS7 value of less than about 15 dB V2 rms;
wherein the intensive property is basis weight;
wherein the difference in values for the basis weight for the first region and the second region is from about 1.2× to about 10× different;
wherein, in at least one of the microzones, the first and second regions comprise a surfactant; and
wherein a ratio of % surfactant in the first region to % surfactant in the second region is less than 1.