The Procter Gamble Company

John Norman Simmons

Thomas Alexander Horn

Lawrence Andrew Schumacher

A disposable wipes package and a package for disposable wipes comprising improved fitments to aid removal of wipes from within a package is disclosed herein. The dispensing fitment is formed of a single material and comprises a frame for securing to a package of disposable wipes. The frame has an oval, rectangular, diamond or ring shaped rim with an internal wall defining an opening through which wipes may be dispensed. A first petal is provided having a free end extending into an opening from a first side of the frame. A second petal has a free end extending into an opening from a second side of the frame towards the first petal to define a gap between the free ends of the first and second petals. The opening includes the gap and one or more orifices and occupies between 40% and 90% of the area within the rim.

Package of disposable wipes

Disposable wipes packages containing improved opening and closing arrangements are disclosed. The packages are targeted for usage by adult caregivers and can provide reduced waste in comparison to some currently marketed wipe packages. Different forms of the packages disclosed herein include ratios of characteristics of the package closure fitments and those of the package body of wipes contained therein.

A loop member for a mechanical fastener comprises a nonwoven web, the nonwoven web having a pattern of intersecting bond lines. The pattern is characterized in that at least a portion comprises a first plurality of non-intersecting continuous bond lines and a second plurality of non-intersecting continuous bond lines, each non-intersecting continuous bond line of the first plurality intersecting each non-intersecting continuous bond line of the second plurality. The intersecting bond lines define unbonded pattern elements, each of the pattern elements being at least partially bounded by non-linear segments of the bond lines. The bond pattern for a nonwoven web is suitable for use as a loop member of a mechanical fastener. The bond pattern comprises intersecting bond lines having a uniform width and defining a number of bond pattern elements per unit area, wherein at least one of the bond lines is nonlinear, and wherein the ratio of contour to overall bonded area of the bond pattern is greater than a bond pattern comprising all straight lines having the same uniform line width and defining the same number of bond pattern elements per unit area.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

John Norman Simmons