Patent ID: 7294231
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A61F,B31F,D21H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An embossed absorbent web having an undulatory structure and a plurality of perforate embossments wherein the undulatory structure of the web comprises a plurality of ridges extending in the machine direction of the web occurring at a frequency, F, across the web and at least a portion of the perforate embossments: (i) extend substantially in the cross-machine direction; and (ii) the perforate embossments extending in the cross-machine direction extend in the cross-machine direction a distance, L'; and (iii) the perforate embossments extending in the cross-machine direction are laterally spaced from adjacent perforate embossments extending in the cross-machine direction a distance, D'; with the proviso that: (a) the product F×L' is between about 0.1 and about 5 or (b) the product F×D' is between about 0.1 and about 5.