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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2006
Timothy Jude Lorenz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Osman Polat, Montgomery, OH (US);
Paul Dennis Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
Dean Phan, West Chester, OH (US);
Timothy Jude Lorenz, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Osman Polat, Montgomery, OH (US);
Paul Dennis Trokhan, Hamilton, OH (US);
Dean Phan, West Chester, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for making a fibrous structure including a plurality of synthetic fibers disposed in a predetermined pattern and a plurality of cellulosic fibers generally randomly distributed throughout at least one layer of the fibrous structure. The method includes depositing an aqueous slurry including synthetic fibers and an aqueous slurry including cellulosic fibers onto a fluid-permeable forming member having a pattern of channels. The slurries are dewatered to form a fibrous web, wherein the at least some of the cellulosic fibers are randomly distributed throughout at least a portion of the fibrous web and a plurality of synthetic fibers are at least partially non-randomly distributed in the channels. A fluid pressure differential is applied to the fibrous web disposed on the forming member, thereby molding the fibrous web such that the fibrous web includes a first plurality of micro-regions corresponding to a plurality of fluid-permeable areas of the forming member and a second plurality of micro-regions corresponding to a plurality of fluid-impermeable areas of the forming member.