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US 6,537,936 B1Granted
Multiple zone member
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsLudwig Busam, Michael Divo, Jörg Müller, Ghobad Rahrooh
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AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsLudwig Busam, Michael Divo, Jörg Müller, Ghobad Rahrooh
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The present invention is a multiple zone member (29) having at least a first zone (300) and a second zone (302); the member includes a backing (120, 122) and a sheet of fibers (126); the sheet of fibers in the first zone having anchor portions (127) in the backing at spaced bonding locations (128) and having arcuate portions (130) of the sheet projecting from the backing between bonding locations; the arcuate portions in the first zone having a height (301) from the backing; the sheet of fibers in the second zone having anchor portions in the backing at spaced bonding locations and having arcuate portions of the sheet projecting form the backing between bonding locations; the arcuate portions in the second zone having a height (304) from the backing which is less than the height of the arcuate portions from the backing in the first zone.
A multiple zone member having at least a first zone and a second zone, said member comprising a backing and a sheet of fibers, said sheet of fibers in said first zone having anchor portions in said backing at spaced bonding locations and having arcuate portions of said sheet projecting from said backing between bonding locations, said arcuate portions in said first zone having a height from said backing, said sheet of fibers in said second zone having anchor portions in said backing at spaced bonding locations and having arcuate portions of said sheet projecting from said backing between bonding locations, said arcuate portions in said second zone having a height from said backing which is less than the height of said arcuate portions from said backing in said first zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.