Process for making three-dimensional foam-laid nonwovens

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12116706
APP PUB NO 20240060222A1
SERIAL NO

18240591

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A method for making a high topography nonwoven substrate includes generating a foam including water and synthetic binder fibers; depositing the foam on a planar surface; disposing a template form on the foam opposite the planar surface to create a foam/form assembly; heating the foam/form assembly to dry the foam and bind the synthetic binder fibers; and removing the template from the substrate after heating the foam/form assembly, wherein the substrate includes a planar base layer having an X-Y surface and a backside surface opposite the X-Y surface; and a plurality of projection elements integral with and protruding in a Z-direction from the X-Y surface, wherein the projection elements are distributed in both the X- and Y-directions, and wherein the density of a projection element is the same as the density of the base layer.

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  • KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Calewarts, Deborah J Winneconne, US 14 52
Carrillo, Ojeda Antonio J Appleton, US 16 37
Colman, Charles W Marietta, US 31 357
Eslinger, Lori A Appleton, US 6 13
Nhan, Davis Dang H Menasha, US 26 126
Qin, Jian Appleton, US 144 5240
Scholl, Neil T Neenah, US 61 443
Topolkaraev, Vasily A Appleton, US 122 1785
Uttecht, Cathleen M Menasha, US 13 499

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