Tufted fibrous web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRobert Haines Turner, John Joseph Curro, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, John Lee Hammons
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Abstract
Disclosed is a fibrous web comprising a first region and at least one discrete integral second region, the second region having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation comprising a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region.
Claims12
A soft, tufted fibrous web (1) comprising substantially randomly-oriented fibers, said fibrous web having a machine direction and a cross machine direction defining an MD-CD plane, the web (1) comprising a first region (2) and a plurality of discrete second regions (4), each of the second regions (4) having at least one portion being a discontinuity (16) exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis (L) in the MD-CD plane and at least another portion being a deformation (6), wherein the deformation (6) comprises fibers (8, 18) integral with but extending from first region (2) and fibers (11) broken from and not extending from first region (2), wherein said deformations comprise looped aligned fibers forming tunnel shaped deformations.
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