Patent ID: 7037406

Claim:
A method of embossing an absorbent web with an undulatory structure extending in the machine direction comprising: providing a web with a plurality of ridges extending in its machine direction to an embossing station; wherein the plurality of ridges extending in the machine direction of the web occur at a frequency, F, across the web; and embossing the web at the embossing station between a first and second embossing roll, at least one of which rolls is provided with a plurality of embossing elements and wherein the rolls are thereby configured to define therebetween a plurality of embossing nips; wherein at least a portion of the nips defined by the embossing rolls are substantially oriented in a cross-machine direction with respect to the web and have a cross direction length, L, wherein the product F×L is from about 0.1 to about 5.