Patent ID: 8153225

Claim:
A soft, tufted fibrous web comprising substantially randomly-oriented fibers, said fibrous web having a machine direction and a cross machine direction defining an MD-CD plane, the web comprising a first region and a plurality of discrete second regions, each of the second regions having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear orientation and defining a longitudinal axis in the MD-CD plane and at least another portion being a deformation, wherein the deformation defines a tuft of fibers comprising a first plurality of fibers integral with but extending from the first region and a second plurality of fibers integral with but extending from the first region, wherein the first plurality of fibers comprises looped fibers to define a tunnel-like shaped tuft having opposing longitudinal open ends, and wherein the second plurality of fibers are associated with the tunnel-like shaped tuft but do not form a continuous loop.