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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Pierre Graff, Wolfgantzen, FR;
Fort James France, Kunheim, FR;
Abstract
Compound webs with improved absorption and pliancy are described. The compound web includes: (a) protrusions in each ply at a frequency greater than 10 protrusions/cm,and with the surface of the peaks of the protrusions of each ply being greater than 5% of the surface of the ply, and (b) at least one of the plies being embossed in the form of an artistic pattern wherein the distances and the directions of an arbitrary protrusion relative to adjacent protrusions are varied. The pattern is selected in such a manner that at least 25% of the protrusions of the ply take part in effective bonding with the coinciding protrusions of the other ply and the total bonded surface of the protrusion peaks of the ply that take part in bonding is at least 15% of the total surface of the peaks of the protrusion of the ply regardless of the relative positions of the patterns of the two plies.