Capped tufted laminate web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Joseph Curro, John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, Robert Haines Turner
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Joseph Curro, John Lee Hammons, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, Robert Haines Turner
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A laminate web having a nonwoven web in facing relationship with a polymer film. The laminate web has a first side comprising the polymer film and a plurality of discrete tufts including fibers integral with and extending from the nonwoven web. Each of the tufts has a tuft base proximal to the nonwoven web and a distal portion opposing the tuft base. At least part of the distal portion of each of the tufts is covered by a cap, each cap being an integral extension of said polymer film extending over the distal portion of a discrete tuft. The cap has a first opening including a location of rupture in the polymer film above which the tuft extends.
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The laminate web according to claim 21, wherein said polymer film has a polymer film thickness and said cap has a cap thickness, wherein said cap thickness of a portion of said cap is less than said polymer film thickness.
The laminate web according to claim 21, wherein said polymer film is a microtextured polymer film comprising microfeatures, wherein a plurality of said microfeatures are between said tufts, wherein said microfeatures are microapertures or microbubbles.
The laminate web according to claim 21, wherein said laminate web comprises a lotion composition, wherein more than about seventy five percent of said lotion composition by mass per centimeter squared is applied to said polymer film.
The laminate web according to claim 21, wherein said fibrous web is relatively hydrophilic as compared to said polymer film.
The laminate web according to claim 21, wherein said cap is tunnel shaped.
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A laminate web comprising a fibrous web in facing relationship with a polymer film, said laminate web comprising a first side comprising:
A laminate web comprising a fibrous web in facing relationship with a polymer film, said laminate web comprising a first side comprising:
A laminate web comprising a fibrous web in facing relationship with a polymer film, said laminate web comprising a first side comprising:
A laminate web comprising a fibrous web in facing relationship with a polymer film, said laminate web comprising a first side comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.