Patent ID: 7771648
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: B29C,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making a molded fibrous structure comprising a continuous molded element comprising the steps of: a. conveying a fibrous web having a dominant fiber orientation direction in an x-y plane along a machine direction over a molding member, wherein said molding member comprises a pattern of raised areas, lowered areas, or combinations thereof, b. directing fluid to impact said fibrous web, wherein said fibrous web conforms in correspondence with said pattern to form said molded fibrous structure, and wherein a portion of said pattern is oriented non-parallel to the dominant fiber orientation direction within the fibrous web in the x-y plane, and wherein said fibrous web comprises molded fields formed from said pattern and unmolded fields, each of said fields generally extending non-parallel to the dominant fiber orientation direction within the fibrous web in the x-y plane and wherein the fibrous web has a basis weight of less than about 75 gsm.