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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2020
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rodrigo Rosati, Frankfurt Am Main, DE;
Jill Marlene Orr, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Adrien Greiner, Frankfurt Am Main, DE;
James T. Knapmeyer, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Aniruddha Chatterjee, Kelkheim, DE;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A process of making an absorbent article is disclosed. A liquid permeable topsheet web extending substantially continuously in a machine direction a backsheet web, and an intermediate layer are provided. The topsheet web has first and second surfaces. The backsheet web extends substantially continuously in the machine direction. The intermediate layer has a first and second surface. The topsheet and intermediate layer are aligned in a face to face relationship such that the second surface of the topsheet in in contact with the first surface of the intermediate layer and simultaneously mechanically deformed which combines the topsheet with the intermediate layer. The topsheet web and intermediate layer are nested together such that a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the topsheet web coincide with and fit together with a majority of the three-dimensional protrusions formed in the intermediate layer to provide a topsheet/intermediate layer laminate web having three-dimensional protrusions.