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US 12,168,854 B2Granted
Fibrous structure-containing articles
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Michael Young, Michael Gomer Stelljes, Michael Donald Suer, Timothy James Klawitter, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan, James Roy Denbow
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Abstract
Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.
Claims18
A method for making an article comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a first mono-fibrous element fibrous structure paper web comprising a first wet laid fibrous structure;
- b. providing a second mono-fibrous element fibrous structure paper web comprising a second wet laid fibrous structure;
- c. bonding at least one meltblown fibrous structure with at least one of the first and second paper webs, wherein the meltblown fibrous structure comprises a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of:
- biodegradable thermoplastic polymers, compostable thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof;
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- d. bonding the first and second paper webs together to form an article;
- and wherein the second paper web is associated with the first paper web in the form of a unitary structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.