IP Library Granted Patent US 10,385,515
Granted Patent B2
US 10,385,515 · App. 15/786,194 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Fibrous structure-containing articles

Inventors: Christopher Michael Young (Loveland, OH); Michael Gomer Stelljes (Mason, OH); Michael Donald Suer (Cincinnati, OH); Timothy James Klawitter (North Bend, OH); Steven Lee Barnholtz (West Chester, OH); Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, OH); Paul Dennis Trokhan (Hamilton, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
D21H27/002B31F1/16D01D5/18D21H15/10D21H21/20D21H21/22D21H21/50D21H27/007D21H27/30D21H27/32D21H27/38B31F1/126D01D5/0985
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Patent No.
US 10,385,515
App. No.
15/786,194
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Articles, such as sanitary tissue products, including fibrous structures, and more particularly articles including fibrous structures having a plurality of fibrous elements wherein the article exhibits differential cellulose content throughout the thickness of the article and methods for making same are provided.

Claims (24)

1. An article comprising:

a. a first paper web; and

b. a second paper web;

wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprise at least one wet-laid fibrous structure;

wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises at least one meltblown fibrous structure and wherein the second paper web is associated with the first paper web in the form of a unitary structure.

2. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises a plurality of fibers.

3. The article according to claim 2 wherein at least one of the fibers comprises a pulp fiber.

4. The article according to claim 3 wherein the pulp fiber comprises wood pulp fiber.

5. The article according to claim 4 wherein the wood pulp fiber is selected from the group consisting of: northern softwood kraft pulp fibers, southern softwood kraft pulp fibers, northern hardwood pulp fibers, tropical hardwood pulp fibers, and mixtures thereof.

6. The article according to claim 3 wherein the pulp fiber comprises trichome fiber.

7. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises a wet-laid fibrous structure.

8. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises an air-laid fibrous structure.

9. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises a carded fibrous structure.

10. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises an absorbent gel material.

11. The article according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the first and second paper webs comprises a surface having a surface pattern.

12. The article according to claim 11 wherein the surface pattern comprises one or more relatively high density regions and one or more relatively low density regions.

13. The article according to claim 11 wherein the surface pattern comprises one or more relatively high elevation regions and one or more relatively low elevation regions.

14. The article according to claim 11 wherein the surface pattern comprises one or more relatively high basis weight regions and one or more relatively low basis weight regions.

15. The article according to claim 11 wherein the surface pattern is a non-random, repeating pattern.

16. The article according to claim 11 wherein the surface pattern comprises a plurality of discrete regions dispersed throughout a continuous network.

17. The article according to claim 16 wherein at least a portion of the plurality of discrete regions exhibits a value of a common intensive property that is different from the value of the common intensive property exhibited by the continuous network.

18. The article according to claim 17 wherein the common intensive property is selected from the group consisting of: density, bulk, basis weight, and mixtures thereof.

19. The article according to claim 1 wherein the at least one meltblown fibrous structure comprises a plurality of filaments.

20. The article according to claim 1 wherein the at least one meltblown fibrous structure forms an exterior surface of the article.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2018
From: YOUNG, CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL; STELLJES, MICHAEL GOMER; SUER, MICHAEL DONALD; KLAWITTER, TIMOTHY JAMES; DENBOW, JAMES ROY; BARNHOLTZ, STEVEN LEE; SHEEHAN, JEFFREY GLEN; TROKHAN, PAUL DENNIS
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 045549/0974 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62409114 · Oct 17, 2016
Related Publication 20180105999A1 · Apr 19, 2018
Cited By (1)
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