Tufted laminate web
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Joseph Curro, Robert Haines Turner, Jody Lynn Hoying, Susan Nicole Lloyd, John Lee Hammons
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Abstract
A laminate web comprising a first and second precursor webs, at least the first precursor web being a nonwoven web, the laminate web having a first side, the first side comprising the second precursor web and at least one discrete tuft, each of the discrete tufts having a linear orientation defining a longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of tufted fibers being integral extensions of the first precursor web and extending through the second precursor web; and a second side, the second side comprising the first precursor web.
Claims13
A laminate web comprising:
- a. a first precursor web comprising a nonwoven web;
- b. a second precursor web comprising a polymer film;
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- c. a first side comprising:
- i. the second precursor web comprising a first plurality of apertures and a second plurality of apertures that are discrete from the first plurality of apertures, wherein the second plurality of apertures extend only through the thickness of the second precursor web;
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- ii. a tuft of fibers extending from the first precursor web and through apertures associated with the first plurality of apertures.
A laminate web comprising:
- a. a first precursor web comprising a nonwoven web;
- b. a second precursor web comprising a polymer film;
- c. a first side comprising the second precursor web that comprises:
- i. a first plurality of apertures;
- ii. a web flap associated with each of the first plurality of apertures, the web flaps extending outwardly from the first side;
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- iii. a second plurality of apertures, wherein the second plurality of apertures extend only through the thickness of the second precursor web;
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- d. a plurality of fiber tufts extending from the first precursor web;
- e. wherein individual web flaps are situated on the outside of individual fiber tufts.
A laminate web comprising:
- a. a first precursor web comprising a nonwoven web;
- b. a second precursor web comprising a polymer film;
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- c. a first side comprising:
- i. the second precursor web comprising a first plurality of apertures and a second plurality of apertures that are discrete from the first plurality of apertures;
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- ii. a tuft of fibers extending from the first precursor web and through apertures associated with the first plurality of apertures, the tuft of fibers comprising a plurality of looped fibers to define a tunnel-like structure.
A laminate web comprising:
- a. a first precursor web comprising a nonwoven web;
- b. a second precursor web comprising a polymer film;
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- c. a first side comprising:
- i. the second precursor web comprising a first plurality of apertures and a second plurality of apertures that are discrete from the first plurality of apertures;
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- ii. a tuft of fibers repositioned and extending from the first precursor web and through apertures associated with the first plurality of apertures, the tuft of fibers comprising fibers that have a reduction in cross-sectional dimension as compared to the fibers that have not been repositioned from the first precursor web.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.