07.09.20
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY; Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH; Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH; Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH; Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH; John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH; Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH; Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY; Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH; Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH; and Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/5/19
Issued: 6/2/20
A patterned apertured web comprising: a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web; and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web, wherein at least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures; wherein the patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test; wherein the patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test, wherein the Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean, and wherein the mean is different than the median; wherein the plurality of apertures comprise a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape, the second shape being different from the first shape; wherein the first shape is positioned within and completely surrounded by the second shape; wherein at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to the Aperture Test; wherein at least one land area of the plurality of land areas separates the first shape from the second shape, wherein the at least one land area of the plurality of land areas has a width of at least 4 mm; wherein the patterned apertured web comprises at least two layers; wherein the at least two layers comprise a first layer and a second layer; wherein the second layer has a different hydrophobicity than the first layer; wherein the patterned apertured web comprises bicomponent spunbond fibers, bicomponent staple fibers, meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or crimped fibers; wherein the bicomponent spunbond fibers, the bicomponent staple fibers, the meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or the crimped fibers comprise polyethylene and/or polypropylene; and wherein the patterned apertured web comprises a portion of a topsheet or a portion of a garment-facing surface of an absorbent article.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 6/5/19
Issued: 6/2/20
A patterned apertured web comprising: a plurality of land areas in the patterned apertured web; and a plurality of apertures defined in the patterned apertured web, wherein at least some land areas of the plurality of land areas surround at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures; wherein the patterned apertured web has an Effective Open Area in the range of about 3% to about 30%, according to the Aperture Test; wherein the patterned apertured web has a plurality of Interaperture Distances, according to the Aperture Test, wherein the Interaperture Distances have a distribution having a median and a mean, and wherein the mean is different than the median; wherein the plurality of apertures comprise a first set of apertures defining a first shape and a second set of apertures defining a second shape, the second shape being different from the first shape; wherein the first shape is positioned within and completely surrounded by the second shape; wherein at least some apertures of the plurality of apertures have an Effective Aperture Area in a range of about 0.3 mm2 to about 15 mm2, according to the Aperture Test; wherein at least one land area of the plurality of land areas separates the first shape from the second shape, wherein the at least one land area of the plurality of land areas has a width of at least 4 mm; wherein the patterned apertured web comprises at least two layers; wherein the at least two layers comprise a first layer and a second layer; wherein the second layer has a different hydrophobicity than the first layer; wherein the patterned apertured web comprises bicomponent spunbond fibers, bicomponent staple fibers, meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or crimped fibers; wherein the bicomponent spunbond fibers, the bicomponent staple fibers, the meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or the crimped fibers comprise polyethylene and/or polypropylene; and wherein the patterned apertured web comprises a portion of a topsheet or a portion of a garment-facing surface of an absorbent article.