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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Nayda Liz Ramosmedina, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Timothy Looney, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH (US);
Mark James Kline, Okeana, OH (US);
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
Thierry J. Marche, La Chapelle Basse Mer, FR;
Olivier J. Blanc, St Mars du désert, FR;
Nayda Liz RamosMedina, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael Timothy Looney, Blue Ash, OH (US);
Arman Ashraf, Mason, OH (US);
Mark James Kline, Okeana, OH (US);
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
Thierry J. Marche, La Chapelle Basse Mer, FR;
Olivier J. Blanc, St Mars du désert, FR;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A disposable wearable absorbent article having a hook and loop fastening system that comprises a nonwoven female fastening material and a male fastening material with a plurality of bidirectional micro-sized hooks, each having a cap and at least one arm. The height of each hook and cap may be defined relative to the overall thickness of the female fastening material. Caps may have a vertical engagement effective area that has: (a) at least two sides that are substantially parallel; (b) a width-to-thickness aspect ratio from 1 to 2; and (c) an area from 40,000 to 120,000 μ. Caps may have an overall recessed width and a deepest recessed depth that is defined relative to the overall fiber cross-sectional dimension.