US 12,392,065 B2
Nonwoven fabric including fibers formed from post-consumer recycled plastic
Dianne B. Ellis, Cary, NC (US)
Assigned to MAGNERA CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Berry Global, Inc., Evansville, IN (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,309.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/062,520, filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0042222 A1, Feb. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. D04H 1/435 (2012.01); D04H 1/425 (2012.01); D04H 1/4258 (2012.01); D04H 1/4274 (2012.01); D04H 1/4382 (2012.01); D04H 1/46 (2012.01); D04H 1/587 (2012.01); D04H 1/64 (2012.01); D04H 1/732 (2012.01)
CPC D04H 1/435 (2013.01) [D04H 1/425 (2013.01); D04H 1/4258 (2013.01); D04H 1/4274 (2013.01); D04H 1/43825 (2020.05); D04H 1/43835 (2020.05); D04H 1/46 (2013.01); D04H 1/587 (2013.01); D04H 1/64 (2013.01); D04H 1/732 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/022 (2013.01); D10B 2401/13 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01); Y02W 30/62 (2015.05); Y10T 442/2525 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2762 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2861 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2869 (2015.04); Y10T 442/614 (2015.04); Y10T 442/619 (2015.04)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nonwoven fabric, comprising:
a mechanically entangled blend of fibers comprising (a) post-consumer recycled polymer staple fibers (PCR-staple fibers) and (b) a plurality of wettable staple fibers having a hydrophilic coated thereon;
wherein the PCR-staple fibers are mechanically entangled with the a plurality of wettable staple fibers one of more additional fibers to define the nonwoven fabric.