Patent ID: 7527851

Claim:
A nonwoven fibrous web having a machine direction and a cross direction, with the machine direction extending substantially parallel to a free edge of the web, and having a plurality of bosses formed therein comprising: a plurality of signature boss groupings, each grouping including a plurality of similarly aligned signature bosses, each said signature boss having a major axis, wherein major axes of one of said groupings diverging in the clockwise direction from the machine direction of said web by from about 5° to 45°, and the major axes of another of said groupings diverging in the counter-clockwise direction from the machine direction of said web by from about 5° to 45°, wherein a plurality of bosses form groupings of nested cells; a plurality of micro bosses, wherein said nested cells are separated by at least a portion of said plurality of micro bosses, said micro bosses being generally elliptical in form.