US 11,992,393 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 Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,848.
Application 17/590,848 is a continuation of application No. 16/987,450, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,324,641.
Application 16/987,450 is a continuation of application No. 15/879,485, filed on Jan. 25, 2018, granted, now 10,772,768, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/452,566, filed on Jan. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151837 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61L 15/52 (2006.01); D04H 3/007 (2012.01); D04H 3/018 (2012.01); D04H 3/147 (2012.01); D04H 3/16 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15577 (2013.01); A61F 13/513 (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); A61L 15/52 (2013.01); D04H 3/007 (2013.01); D04H 3/018 (2013.01); D04H 3/147 (2013.01); D04H 3/16 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15373 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1539 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15414 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15422 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1543 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15455 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15487 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15959 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51088 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5149 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0056 (2013.01); D10B 2401/02 (2013.01); D10B 2403/033 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A through-air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surfaces, 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 the intensive property is one or more of:
a. thickness,
b. basis weight, and
c. volumetric density;
wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region exhibits a Contact Angle in the range of about 110 degrees to about 135 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein, wherein the second region exhibits a Time to Wick of less than 10 seconds, as measured by the Time to Wick Test Method detailed herein, wherein the Time to Wick is a time required for a contact angle of a drop absorbing into the second region to decrease to a contact angle of less than 10°, and wherein the second region exhibits a Contact Angle of less than 90 degrees, as measured by the Contact Angle Test Method detailed herein.