Deflecting member for making fibrous structures
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Leslie Brent, Jr., James Michael Singer, John Allen Manifold, Eric James Watkins, Mario Castillo
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Abstract
A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.
Claims16
A deflection member comprising a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent welding, 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 fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent.
A 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 adhesive, resin and/or solvent welding, 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 fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.