US 11,813,150 B2
Patterned apertured webs
Timothy Ian Mullane, Union, KY (US); Kelyn Anne Arora, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US); Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US); Jennifer Schutte, Cincinnati, OH (US); John Brian Strube, Okeana, OH (US); Ann Cecilia Tapp, West Chester, OH (US); Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY (US); Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jennifer Lynn Dusold, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Margaret Elizabeth Porter, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,681.
Application 17/361,681 is a continuation of application No. 16/854,073, filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Application 16/854,073 is a continuation of application No. 16/432,084, filed on Jun. 5, 2019, granted, now 10,667,962, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/432,084 is a continuation of application No. 14/933,030, filed on Nov. 5, 2015, granted, now 10,350,119, issued on Jul. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/177,405, filed on Mar. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/076,043, filed on Nov. 6, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322231 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/512 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); D04H 3/14 (2012.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/512 (2013.01) [A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/5116 (2013.01); A61F 13/5123 (2013.01); A61F 13/5126 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 13/51484 (2013.01); B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/142 (2013.01); B32B 7/05 (2019.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/51104 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 13/51305 (2013.01); A61F 13/51476 (2013.01); A61F 13/51478 (2013.01); A61F 13/551 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15715 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5127 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5128 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51078 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51147 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51165 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51178 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51182 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51186 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51322 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51377 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51486 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/04 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2250/242 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2555/00 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); B44F 99/00 (2013.01); D04H 3/14 (2013.01); D10B 2509/026 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24314 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24793 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24826 (2015.01); Y10T 442/60 (2015.04); Y10T 442/66 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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 5% to about 40%, according to an Aperture Test;
wherein the plurality of apertures are non-homogeneous in a repeat unit such that at least two apertures of the plurality of apertures have a different size, a different shape, or a different Absolute Feret Angle, according to the Aperture Test;
wherein the patterned apertured web comprises a first layer and a second layer;
wherein the apertures extend through the first layer and the second layer;
wherein the first layer has a different basis weight than the second layer;
wherein the first layer has a different hydrophobicity than the second layer;
wherein the patterned apertured web comprises bicomponent spunbond fibers, bicomponent carded fibers, meltblown fibers, nanofibers, and/or crimped fibers;
wherein the second layer forms a patch joined to the first layer;
wherein the second layer has an entire width that is less than an entire width of the first layer; and
wherein the second layer has an entire length that is less than an entire length of the first layer.