ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,204, issued on March 4, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).
"Laminated papermaking belt" was invented by Mark Alan Burazin (Oshkosh, Wis.), Geoffrey Fenn Carlow (Neenah, Wis.) and Richard Allen Zanon (Appleton, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a two layered belt useful in the manufacture of tissue products comprising a first woven layer and a second nonwoven layer joined together in a laminated arrangement. The woven layer typically forms the machine contacting layer of the belt and is woven from a highly abrasion resistant material, while the nonwoven layer contacts the nascent tissue web. T...