Patent ID: 9415538
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61F,B26F,B29C,B29L,B31F,B32B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A process for making an absorbent article with a deformed web, said process using an apparatus, the process comprising: a. providing an apparatus comprising: b. feeding a nonwoven precursor web having two sides in a machine direction into a nip that is formed between said first roll and said second roll, and when said precursor web is fed into said nip, a side of said precursor web is impacted by said forming elements and said precursor web is deformed to form a deformed web that has a staggered pattern of deformations therein wherein a deformation forms a depression on the side of the web impacted by said forming elements and a protrusion on the opposite side of the web; and c. incorporating at least a piece of said deformed web material into an absorbent article having an absorbent core, wherein said deformed web material comprises a component of the absorbent article comprising the liquid pervious topsheet of the absorbent article, wherein said topsheet is the outermost layer of the absorbent article that will be nearest to the wearer of the absorbent article during use, and said depressions are on the outside surface of the absorbent article, and said protrusions are oriented toward said absorbent core.