ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,958, issued on July 8, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Apparatus and process for deforming a web" was invented by Xiaoxin Liu (Beijing), Tong Tong (Beijing), Kun Sun (Beijing) and Xiaohui Dong (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus for deforming a web to created deformed nonwoven which comprises a pair of counter-rotating rolls that form a nip therebetween, the pair of rolls comprising: a first roll comprising a surface, a plurality of protrusions extending radially outwardly from the surface of the first roll, and a plurality of concaves formed inwardly from the s...