US 11,987,931 B2
Cleansing substrate with synchronized printed and expanded texture
Simon K. Poruthoor, Alpharetta, GA (US); Christopher C. Creagan, Roswell, GA (US); Nathan J. Vogel, Neenah, WI (US); Jenna L. Bednar, New Milford, CT (US); and Amanda Thelen, Greenville, WI (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 16/970,907
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/018505
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/161366, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,313, filed on Feb. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0385923 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. D06P 5/00 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/20 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01)
CPC D06P 5/30 (2013.01) [D04H 13/00 (2013.01); D06P 5/001 (2013.01); D06P 5/2077 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing a textured substrate comprising at least one layer having a first density and at least one layer having a second density, wherein the first density is at least 10% greater than the second density, wherein the at least one layer having the second density comprises an airlaid nonwoven web;
printing a design pattern on an outer surface of the airlaid nonwoven web with an expandable ink and not on an outer surface of the at least one layer having the first density; and
activating the design pattern on the textured substrate with heat.