IP Library Granted Patent US 10,844,539
Granted Patent B2
US 10,844,539 · App. 15/795,339 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Deflecting member for making fibrous structures

Inventors: John Leslie Brent, Jr. (Springboro, OH); James Michael Singer (Liberty Township, OH); John Allen Manifold (Sunman, IN); Eric James Watkins (Lawrenceburg, IN); Mario Castillo (Cincinnati, OH); Jeffrey Glen Sheehan (Symmes Township, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 10,844,539
App. No.
15/795,339
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member that includes a resin coating, and at least one tile fastened to the resin coating.

Claims (24)

1. A deflection member comprising:

a. a reinforcing member comprising a resin coating; and

b. at least one tile fastened to the resin coating through adhesive, resin, surface modification and/or solvent welding.

2. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one tile is additively manufactured.

3. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive, resin and/or solvent is applied to the at least one tile.

4. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive, resin and/or solvent is applied to the resin coating.

5. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is fastened to the resin coating through adhesive and the adhesive is selected from a group comprising air activated adhesives, light activated adhesives, heat activated adhesives, moisture activated adhesives, multipart adhesives, and combinations thereof.

6. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the fastening comprises surface modification and the surface modification is thermal oxidation to a backside surface of the at least one tile and/or thermal oxidation to a webside resin surface on the resin coating.

7. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the resin coating is selected from a group comprising air activated resins, light activated resins, heat activated resins, moisture activated resins, and combinations thereof.

8. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive and/or resin is applied in a thickness of between about 1 micron and about 2500 microns.

9. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member comprises woven filaments.

10. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

11. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and one or more of the plurality of tiles has a first shape, and one or more of the plurality of tiles has a second shape, and the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

12. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and each of the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework of tiles, wherein the patterned framework has less than about 3 mm of distance between adjacent tiles.

13. A deflection member comprising:

a. a fluid pervious reinforcing member, the reinforcing member comprising woven filaments and a resin coating; and,

b. a patterned framework comprising a plurality of tiles fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member by adhesive, resin, surface modification and/or solvent welding, the tiles comprising regularly spaced protuberances extending in a Z-direction.

14. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles is additively manufactured.

15. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the fastening is through adhesive and the adhesive is selected from a group comprising air activated adhesives, light activated adhesives, heat activated adhesives, moisture activated adhesives, multipart adhesives, and combinations thereof.

16. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the fastening comprises surface modification the surface modification is thermal oxidation to a backside surface of each of the plurality of tiles and/or thermal oxidation to a webside resin surface on the resin coating.

17. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the resin coating is selected from a group comprising air activated resins, light activated resins, heat activated resins, moisture activated resins and combinations thereof.

18. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

19. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein one or more of the plurality of tiles has a first shape, and one or more of the plurality of tiles has a second shape, and the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

20. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework of tiles, wherein the patterned framework has less than about 3 mm of distance between adjacent tiles.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2018
From: BRENT, JR., JOHN LESLIE; SINGER, JAMES MICHAEL; MANIFOLD, JOHN ALLEN; WATKINS, ERIC JAMES; CASTILLO, MARIO; SHEEHAN, JEFFREY GLEN
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 045474/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2017
From: BRENT, JR., JOHN LESLIE; SINGER, JOHN MICHAEL; MANIFOLD, JOHN ALLEN; WATKINS, ERIC JAMES; CASTILLO, MARIO
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 044037/0380 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62527063 · Jun 30, 2017
Provisional Application 62413585 · Oct 27, 2016
Related Publication 20180119351A1 · May 3, 2018
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