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US 10,683,614 B2Granted
Deflecting member for making fibrous structures
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer, John Allen Manifold, Mario M. Castillo
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Abstract
A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.
Claims18
A deflection member, the deflection member comprising a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member with rivets, wherein at least one of the plurality of tiles is stitched to at least another of the plurality of tiles to create a multi-tile grouping before the plurality of tiles in the multi-tile grouping are riveted to the reinforcing member.
A deflection member, the deflection member comprising:
- a. a fluid pervious reinforcing member, the reinforcing member comprising woven filaments;
- and,
- b. a patterned framework comprising a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member by riveting with rivets, the tiles comprising regularly spaced protuberances extending in a Z-direction,
- wherein at least one of the plurality of tiles is stitched to at least another of the plurality of tiles to create a multi-tile grouping before the plurality of tiles in the multi-tile grouping are riveted to the reinforcing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.