Unitary Deflection Member for Making Fibrous Structures and Process for Making Same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Allen Manifold, John Leslie Brent, JR., James Michael Singer, Gustav Andre Mellin
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Abstract
A deflection member. The deflection member can be a unitary structure having a plurality of discrete primary elements and a plurality of secondary elements. At least one of the secondary elements can be an elongate member having a major axis having both a machine direction vector component and a cross machine direction vector component. In an example, the secondary elements can be arranged in a Voronoi pattern.
Claims20
A deflection member, the deflection member comprising a unitary structure having a machine direction and a cross machine direction orthogonal to the machine direction:
- a. a plurality of discrete primary elements, each primary element being separated from a nearest of the discrete primary elements by a distance, wherein a first primary element has a first caliper and a second primary element has a second caliper, and the first caliper is different from the second caliper;
- b. a plurality of secondary elements, at least one of the secondary elements being unitary with at least one of the discrete primary elements, and being an elongate member having a major axis having both a machine direction vector component and a cross machine direction vector component;
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- c. the plurality of secondary elements being interconnected to define a set spacing between each of the plurality of discrete primary elements.
A deflection member, the deflection member comprising a unitary structure having a machine direction and a cross machine direction orthogonal to the machine direction:
- a. a plurality of discrete primary elements, each primary element being separated from a nearest of the discrete primary elements by a distance;
- b. a plurality of secondary elements, at least one of the secondary elements being unitary with at least one of the discrete primary elements, and being an elongate member having a major axis having both a machine direction vector component and a cross machine direction vector component, wherein a first secondary element has a first caliper and a second secondary element has a second caliper, and the first caliper is different from the second caliper;
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- c. the plurality of secondary elements being interconnected to define a set spacing between each of the plurality of discrete primary elements.
A deflection member, the deflection member comprising a unitary structure having a machine direction and a cross machine direction orthogonal to the machine direction:
- a. a plurality of discrete primary elements, each primary element being separated from a nearest of the discrete primary elements by a distance, wherein a first primary element has a first caliper and a second primary element has a second caliper, and the first caliper is different from the second caliper;
- b. a plurality of secondary elements, at least one of the secondary elements being unitary with at least one of the discrete primary elements, and being an elongate member having a major axis having both a machine direction vector component and a cross machine direction vector component, wherein a first secondary element has a third caliper and a second secondary element has a fourth caliper, and the third caliper is different from the fourth caliper;
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- c. the plurality of secondary elements being interconnected to define a set spacing between each of the plurality of discrete primary elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.