Shaped nonwoven
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsArman Ashraf, Kelyn Anne Arora, Paul Thomas Weisman, Nathan Ray Whitely
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Abstract
A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property.
Claims20
A through air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible zone of three-dimensional features on one of the first surface or the second surface, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is different than the second region, the first and second regions have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is volumetric density;
- wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value;
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- wherein at least a portion of one or more of the three-dimensional features comprises a curvilinear shape.
A through air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising:
- a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible zone of three-dimensional features on one of the first surface or the second surface, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is different than the second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for thickness;
- wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value;
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- wherein at least a portion of one or more of the three-dimensional features comprises a curvilinear shape.
A through air bonded nonwoven fabric comprising a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible zone of three-dimensional features, each of the three-dimensional features defining a microzone comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is different than the second region, the first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is thickness;
- wherein the first surface has a first TS7 value of about 3 to about 14 dB V2 rms, wherein the second surface has a second TS7 value in the range of about 2 dB V2 rms to about 12 dB V2 rms, and wherein the first TS7 value is different than the second TS7 value;
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- wherein at least a portion of one or more of the three-dimensional features comprises a curvilinear shape.
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