FABRIC COMPRISING NONWOVEN ELEMENTS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS - Patent 1442173

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EP 1 442 173 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.08.2004 Bulletin 2004/32

(21)	Application number: 02802790.2

(22)	Date of filing: 17.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D21F 11/00, D21F 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/033074

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/040470 (15.05.2003 Gazette 2003/20)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

02.11.2001 US 15859
02.11.2001 US 15849

(71)	Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
	Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BURAZIN, Mark, Alan Oshkosh, WI 54902 (US) LINDSAY, Jeffrey, D. Appleton, WI 54915 (US)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	FABRIC COMPRISING NONWOVEN ELEMENTS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS