Patent ID: 9675500
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An article comprising: front end and a back end; a first web comprising a precursor web having a pattern of discrete substantially columnar protruded extensions extending only from a first surface of the precursor web, each of the protruded extensions having a sidewall defining an open proximal portion and a closed distal portion, wherein the first web comprises macroapertures having a diameter in the range of 600 microns to 1000 microns, a second web comprising synthetic fibers and cellulose underlying the first web, wherein each of the first and second webs comprises first and second end regions and first and second side regions; and a first bonding pattern adhering together the second end regions of the first and second webs corresponding to the back end of the article, the first bonding pattern comprising a plurality of discrete bonding points and a sized spacing between each adjacent bonding point such that a circle having a diameter greater than 3 mm may be inscribed without contacting two or more bonding points and a circle having a diameter greater than 12 mm may not be inscribed without contacting two or more bonding points, wherein the first bonding pattern exists solely in the back end of the article.