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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2018
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
David A. Lilley, Salem, SC (US);
Donald E. Waldroup, Roswell, GA (US);
Charles W. Colman, Marietta, GA (US);
Joseph K. Baker, Cumming, GA (US);
Marvin E. Swails, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Michael Payne, Acworth, GA (US);
Vicky S. Polashock, Roswell, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A multi-layered web is disclosed that is resilient and/or elastic in the Z-direction. Thus, when the web is compressed, the web assumes a compacted state and then expands to an expanded state when the compressive forces are removed. In one embodiment, the multi-layered web includes a middle layer made from a resilient blend of fibers positioned inbetween two outer layers. The middle layer, for instance, can contain elastomeric fibers, three-dimensional fibers, and/or debonded fibers.