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US 8,999,489 B2Granted
Packages containing sheets
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsSaeed Fereshtehkhou, Paul Joseph Russo, Wilbur Cecil Strickland, Jr., Nicola John Policicchio
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Abstract
An article of manufacture is disclosed. The article of manufacture comprises a package and a disposable sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the one textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The sheet may be contained within the package.
Claims26
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a package;
- and
- a disposable, three-dimensional, sheet, wherein the sheet comprises a first nonwoven substrate and a second nonwoven substrate, and wherein the first nonwoven substrate is hydroentangled with the second nonwoven substrate to join the first and second substrates;
- wherein the sheet has a CD Elongation value at 500g of at least about 15%;
- wherein the sheet comprises a first surface and a second surface;
- wherein one of the surfaces comprises a three-dimensional texture;
- and
- wherein the three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface comprises:
- an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 4 mm to about 12 mm;
- a first peak having a first height;
- a second peak having a second height;
- a third peak having a third height, wherein the first, second, and third heights are all different;
- an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm;
- and
- a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 5;
- and
- wherein the sheet is contained within the package.
14 more elements
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a package;
- a disposable, macroscopically three-dimensional sheet, wherein the sheet comprises a first nonwoven substrate and a second nonwoven substrate, wherein one of the substrates comprises polyester fibers, and wherein the other of the substrates comprises polypropylene fibers;
- wherein the sheet has a CD Elongation value at 500 g of at least about 15%;
- wherein the sheet comprises a first outer surface and a second outer surface;
- wherein one of the outer surfaces comprises a macroscopic three-dimensional texture;
- and
- wherein the macroscopic three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface comprises:
- an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 4 mm to about 12 mm;
- a first peak having a first height;
- a second peak having a second height;
- a third peak having a third height, wherein the first, second, and third heights are all different;
- an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm;
- and
- a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 5;
- and
- wherein the sheet is contained within the package;
- and
- a surfactant applied to the sheet at a low effective level, wherein the low effective level is at least 0.01%, by weight of the sheet.
15 more elements
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a package;
- and
- a three-dimensional sheet comprising:
- a first nonwoven substrate comprising polypropylene fibers;
- and
- a second nonwoven substrate comprising:
- polyester fibers;
- a first surface;
- and
- a second surface;
- wherein one of the first and second surfaces comprises a texture;
- wherein the texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface comprises:
- an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of 4 mm to about 12 mm;
- and
- a first peak having a first height;
- a second peak having a second height;
- a third peak having a third height, wherein the first, second, and third heights are all different;
- and
- an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm;
- and
- wherein the sheet is contained within the package;
- and
- a surfactant on the first or second nonwoven substrates;
- wherein the sheet has a CD Elongation value at 500 g of at least about 15%.
21 more elements
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a package;
- a disposable, two nonwoven substrate, three dimensional, sheet, wherein the first nonwoven substrate is hydroentangled together with the second nonwoven substrate;
- wherein the sheet has a first surface and a second surface;
- wherein one of the outer surfaces comprises a texture;
- wherein the texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface has:
- an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of 4 mm to about 12 mm;
- a first peak having a first height;
- a second peak having a second height;
- a third peak having a third height, wherein the first, second, and third heights are all different;
- an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm;
- and
- a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 5;
- wherein the sheet is contained within the package, and
- wherein the package comprises words, icons, or pictures regarding the sheet;
- and
- a surfactant applied to the sheet at a low effective level, wherein the low effective level is at least 0.01%, by weight of the sheet;
- wherein the sheet has a CD Elongation value at 500 g of at least about 3%.
14 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.