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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2010
Applicants:
Maria Raidel, Fuerth, DE;
Franz Aschenbrenner, Kastl, DE;
Jan Ullmann, Nuremberg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F 1/24 (2006.01); B26D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of preparing an absorbent layer from an absorbent nonwoven web having a first plurality of slits with a first orientation and a second plurality of slits with a second orientation, wherein the first orientation is different from the second orientation. The first plurality of slits and the second plurality of slits are at least partially through the absorbent nonwoven web, and the second plurality of slits at least partially intersects the first plurality to form apertures in the absorbent nonwoven web.