Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capped tufted laminate web
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Application No.: US12415140Application Date: 2009-03-31
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Publication No.: US08153226B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: John Joseph Curro , John Lee Hammons , Jody Lynn Hoying , Susan Nicole Lloyd , Robert Haines Turner
- Applicant: John Joseph Curro , John Lee Hammons , Jody Lynn Hoying , Susan Nicole Lloyd , Robert Haines Turner
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agent Andrew J. Hagerty; Gary J. Foose
- Main IPC: B32B33/00
- IPC: B32B33/00 ; B32B3/10 ; B32B3/12

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100247844A1 CAPPED TUFTED LAMINATE WEB Public/Granted day:2010-09-30
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