Polymeric netting with ribbons and strands, and methods of making the same

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15536559

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Polymeric netting comprising polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands, each of the polymeric ribbons and polymeric strands having a length and a width, wherein the length is the longest dimension and the width is the shortest dimension, wherein a plurality of the polymeric strands are bonded together to form a netting layer, wherein adjacent polymeric strands in the netting layer are bonded intermittently at multiple locations along their respective lengths, wherein the netting layer has first and second opposing major surfaces, wherein the polymeric ribbons have a height-to-width aspect ratio of at least 2:1 and a minor surface defined by their width and length, and wherein the minor surface of a plurality of the polymeric ribbons is bonded to the first major surface of the netting layer. Polymeric netting described herein are useful, for example, in an absorbent article.

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3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANYP O BOX 33427 ST PAUL MN 55133-3427

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ausen, Ronald W St. Paul, US 115 1904
Etter, Robert C Oakdale, US 2 3
Kopecky, William J Hudson, US 80 725
Legatt, Michelle L Ventura, US 15 98
Prioleau, Lori-Ann S St. Paul, US 21 354
Wood, Leigh E Woodbury, US 95 3649

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