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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Sabri Mourad, Chatenois, FR;
Jonas Karlsson, Halmstad, SE;
Inventors:
Sabri Mourad, Chatenois, FR;
Jonas Karlsson, Halmstad, SE;
Assignee:
Albany International Corp., Albany, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of through voids, where each of the voids has a first opening associated with a top surface of the fabric and a first raised edge circumferentially adjacent to the first opening. The voids may each further include a second opening associated with a bottom surface of the fabric and a second raised edge circumferentially adjacent to the second opening, such that the first opening may have a surface area that is larger than or the same as the second opening.