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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2012
John Joseph Curro, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jody Lynn Hoying, Maineville, OH (US);
Susan Nicole Lloyd, Erlanger, KY (US);
Robert Haines Turner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Joseph Curro, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Lee Hammons, Hamilton, OH (US);
Jody Lynn Hoying, Maineville, OH (US);
Susan Nicole Lloyd, Erlanger, KY (US);
Robert Haines Turner, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A laminate web having a nonwoven web in facing relationship with a polymer film. The laminate web has a first side comprising the polymer film and a plurality of discrete tufts including fibers integral with and extending from the nonwoven web. Each of the tufts has a tuft base proximal to the nonwoven web and a distal portion opposing the tuft base. At least part of the distal portion of each of the tufts is covered by a cap, each cap being an integral extension of said polymer film extending over the distal portion of a discrete tuft. The cap has a first opening including a location of rupture in the polymer film above which the tuft extends.