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The Procter & Gamble Company

Arman Ashraf

Paul Thomas Weisman

Adrien Grenier

Martin Ian James

Kelyn Anne Arora

Nathan Ray Whitely

Misael Omar Aviles

John Lee Hammons

Mark James Kline

Vanessa Marie Melendez

Hui Yang

Antonius Lambertus DeBeer

Stephen Michael Varga

Gary Dean LaVon

Steven Lee Barnholtz

Michael Donald Suer

Bret Darren Seitz

Sarah Marie Wade

Joseph Allen Eckstein

David John Pung

Hailing Bao

John Daniel Algers

Cunming Song

Mattias Schmidt

Gerald A Young

Bryn Hird

Norman Scott Broyles

Gary Wayne Gilbertson

Jeromy Thomas Raycheck

Robert Haines Turner

Emma Lynn Sartini

Thomas Allen Desmarais

Gianfranco Palumbo

Andrew James Sauer

Fei Wang

David Mark Rasch

Thierry Marche

Thomas Alexander Horn

Renae Dianna Fossum

John Collins Dyer

Stephen Allen Goldman

Aniruddha Chatterjee

Han Xu

Robert Earl Magness

Matthew Steven Ritter

Janet Neton

Stefano Michele Sinigaglia

Lennie CruzMurphy

Sara Lyn Giovanni

Daniel Steven Wheeler

Eric Daniel Ricciardi

Brittany Dawn Canfield

Alexander P King

Elizabeth Jo Bruns

Ronald Thomas Gorley

Fang Liu

Michael Timothy Looney

April Renae Brown

Stephen A Goldman

Keith Alvarado

Jeffrey Thomas Grothaus

James C Horney

Alizha Victoria Smith

Clarissa Maldonado

Shrish Yashwant Rane

Olivier J Blanc

Yan Zhao

Christopher Scott Cameron

Nayda Liz Ramos Medina

Antonius Lambertus De Beer

David Wesley Monebrake

Lennie Cruz Murphy

Andrea Dannenberg

Urmish Popatal Dalal

Nayda Liz Ramosmedina

Gueltekin Erdem

Nayda Liz Ramos-Medina

Gary Dean Lavon

Sara L Giovanni

Paul T Weisman

Elisabeth Bruns

Thierry J Marche

Nisael Omar Aviles

Antonius Lambertus Debeer

Stephen Lee Barnholtz

Steven Michael Varga

A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, wherein the intensive property is one or more of thickness, basis weight, or volumetric density, and wherein the first surface has a TS7 value different than a TS7 value of the second surface.

Shaped nonwoven

A method of making a three-dimensional web is provided. The method comprises spinning continuous filaments from a spinneret, moving the spun continuous filaments along a travel path having an end, and rotating a collection surface at or proximate to the end of the travel path. The collection surface comprises cavities and land areas. The land areas are tangentially planar with an outer surface of the collection surface. The cavities are recessed with respect to the outer surface of the collection surface. The method comprises applying a fluid pressure to the collection surface and collecting the filaments on the collection surface to create an intermediate three-dimensional web having first regions formed in the cavities and second regions formed on the land areas. The first and second regions differ in at least one intensive property. The method comprises bonding the intermediate web using a bonding operation to form a final three-dimensional web.

Methods for making three-dimensional webs

A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property.

An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may be included within a configuration of one or more channel portions on the topsheet. Alternatively or in combination, the attenuated region(s) may be included within a hinge portion extending along a wing portion of the topsheet.

Absorbent article with function-formed topsheet, and method for manufacturing

An absorbent article is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight, wherein the first average basis weight is less than the second average basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The attenuated region(s) may include a plurality of discrete low bulk portions arranged in a pattern disposed along a longitudinal axis of the article, which facilitate z-direction movement of fluid through the topsheet and inhibit spreading of a fluid stain along the topsheet in the x and y directions.

A nonwoven web for an absorbent article is provided. The nonwoven web comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on the first surface or the second surface. The three-dimensional features comprise one or more first regions and a plurality of second regions. The one or more first regions have a first value of an average intensive property. The plurality second regions have a second value of the average intensive property. The first value and the second value are different and are both greater than zero. The nonwoven web has a Single Layer Chroma value in the range of about 1.0 to about 3.5, according to the Delta Chroma and Single Layer Chroma Test. The nonwoven web has a Delta Chroma value in the range of about +0.1 to about +3.5, according to the Delta Chroma and Single Layer Chroma Test.

Nonwoven webs with visually discernible patterns and improved texture perception

A stretch laminate is disclosed. The stretch laminate may include a layer of nonwoven material that includes an accumulation of filaments and has an inner surface and an outer surface, the outer surface having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone having an attenuated region adjacent to a build-up region wherein the attenuated region has a first basis weight and the build-up region has a second basis weight greater than the first basis weight, the difference in basis weights corresponding to disposition of the filaments according to the ordered arrangement. The stretch laminate may include a plurality of elastic strands space apart from each other in a crotch-stretch direction. In some examples the elastic strands may have an Average Strand Spacing no greater than 3 mm and/or an Average Decitex no greater than 300, and/or an Average Pre-Strain no greater than 250 percent.

Stretch laminate with beamed elastics and formed nonwoven layer

A nonwoven fabric is disclosed. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and at least a first visually discernible zone of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and the first visually discernible zone can exhibit a high visual resolution.

Shaped nonwovens that exhibit high visual resolution

Shaped, soft, and textured nonwoven fabrics are provided. Absorbent articles that comprise shaped, soft and textured nonwoven fabrics are provided. The nonwoven fabrics may be a topsheet and an outer cover nonwoven material of the absorbent article. A portion of a wearer-facing surface of the topsheet may have a TS7 in the range of about 1 dB Vrms of about 1 to about 4.5 dB Vrms and a TS750 in the range of about 6 dB Vrms to about 30 dB Vrms. A portion of a garment-facing surface of the outer cover nonwoven material may have a TS7 in the range of about 1 dB Vrms of about 1 to about 4.5 dB Vrms and a TS750 in the range of about 6 dB Vrms to about 30 dB Vrms. The nonwoven fabrics of the present disclosure provide soft materials with texture.

Nonwoven fabrics and absorbent articles having shaped, soft and textured nonwoven fabrics

A nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric can include a first surface and a second surface and a visually discernible pattern of three-dimensional features on one of the first or second surface. Each of the three-dimensional features can define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions can have a difference in values for an intensive property, and wherein in at least one of the microzones, the first region is hydrophobic and the second region is hydrophilic.

A package of personal care articles. Each of the personal care articles has a nonwoven substrate as a component. The nonwoven substrate can have a first surface defining a plane of the first surface and a non-regular pattern of a plurality of three-dimensional features extending outwardly from the plane of the first surface. The non-regular pattern can include a first zone of first three-dimensional features and a second zone of second three-dimensional features, wherein in at least one of the first or second zones of the plurality of three-dimensional features has a first three-dimensional feature having a first intensive property and a second three-dimensional feature having a second, different intensive property. The personal care articles can be compressed in the package.

Package of absorbent articles utilizing a shaped nonwoven

A nonwoven fabric comprises a first surface, a second surface, and a visually discernible pattern on at least one of the first and second surfaces. The visually discernible pattern has a regular, repeating pattern of three-dimensional features. Each of the three-dimensional features define a microzone comprising a first region and a second region. The first and second regions having a difference in values for an intensive property. The first surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB Vrms to about 15 dB Vrms. The second surface has a TS7 value in the range of about 1 dB Vrms to about 15 dB Vrms. A ratio of the TS7 value of the first surface to the TS7 value of the second surface is in the range of about 1 to about 3.

Method for making a shaped nonwoven

An absorbent article in the form of a feminine hygiene pad is disclosed. The article includes a topsheet formed of a section of formed nonwoven web material having an ordered arrangement of zones, each zone comprising one or more attenuated regions adjacent to one or more built-up regions, wherein the attenuated regions have a first average basis weight and the built-up regions have a second average basis weight. Through configuration of the regions and the ordered arrangement, inclusion of melt additive to the resin(s) from which the filaments are spun and/or application of a surfactant to a surface of the topsheet, the topsheet may be imparted with a Rewet of no greater than 0.50 g and an Acquisition Time of no greater than 25 seconds, balancing competing topsheet performance characteristics in a manner acceptable or preferable for consumers/users.

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Mason, OH, United States of America

Arman Ashraf