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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Keith Joseph Stone, Fairfield, OH (US);
Brian Francis Gray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Norman Scott Broyles, Hamilton, OH (US);
Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Mason, OH (US);
Yann-per Lee, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
Keith Joseph Stone, Fairfield, OH (US);
Brian Francis Gray, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Norman Scott Broyles, Hamilton, OH (US);
Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Mason, OH (US);
Yann-Per Lee, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A polymeric web exhibiting a soft and silky tactile impression on at least one side thereof is disclosed. The silky feeling side of the web exhibits a pattern of discrete hair-like fibrils, each of the hair-like fibrils being a protruded extension of the web surface and having a side wall defining an open proximal portion and a closed distal portion. The hair-like fibrils exhibit a maximum lateral cross-sectional diameter of between 2 and 5 mils, and an aspect ratio from 1 to 3. Methods and apparatus for making the polymeric web utilize a three-dimensional forming structure having a plurality of protrusions being generally columnar forms having an average aspect ratio of at least about 1.