Methods of manufacturing zoned webs

A method of manufacturing zoned webs, the method comprising:

• providing a substrate;
• transferring the substrate in a machine direction;
• modifying the substrate to include a plurality of lanes to provide a modified substrate, the plurality of lanes comprising a first lane and a second lane, the first lane comprising a first zone and a second zone, the first zone comprising an open area greater than an open area of the second zone, the second lane comprising a third zone and a fourth zone, the third zone comprising an open area greater than an open area of the fourth zone, the first lane and the second lane being formed such that the first zone in the first lane is staggered in the machine direction from the third zone in the second lane,
• wherein the first lane comprises a plurality of first zones and a plurality of second zones, the plurality of first zones and the plurality of second zones being configured in an alternating fashion such that each first zone is adjacent to two second zones and each second zone is adjacent to two first zones;
• wherein the second lane comprises a plurality of third zones and a plurality of fourth zones, the plurality of third zones and the plurality of fourth zones being configured in an alternating fashion such that each third zone is adjacent to two fourth zones and each fourth zone is adjacent to two third zones;
• wherein a distance in the machine direction between successive third zones in the second lane provides a repeating length, and wherein each first zone in the first lane is staggered in the machine direction from nearest adjacent third zones in the second lane such that a cross-directional centerline of each first zone in the first lane is disposed at a machine direction off-set to the cross-directional centerlines of the nearest adjacent third zones in the second lane such by being between 20%-80% of the repeating length of the third zones;
• transferring the modified substrate;
• and
• slitting the modified substrate between adjacent lanes in the plurality of lanes to provide zoned webs, the zoned webs comprising a first zoned web comprising the first lane and a second zoned web comprising the second lane.