Fibrous Structures and Methods for Making Same

Abstract

Fibrous structures that exhibit a novel combination of properties and to methods for making such fibrous structures are provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wet wipe comprising a liquid composition, wherein the wet wipe comprises a fibrous structure comprising a plurality of filaments, wherein the wet wipe exhibits a Soil Leak Through Lr Value of less than 8.5 as measured according to the Soil Leak Through Test Method and a CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength of greater than 5.5 N as measured according to the CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength Test Method. 
     
     
         2 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the wet wipe exhibits a CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength of greater than 6.0 N as measured according to the CD Wet Initial Tensile Strength Test Method. 
     
     
         3 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the wet wipe exhibits a Basis Weight of at least about 15 g/m 2  to about 120 g/m 2  as measured according to the Basis Weight Test Method. 
     
     
         4 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein at least one of the plurality of filaments comprises a thermoplastic polymer. 
     
     
         5 . The wet wipe according to  claim 4  wherein the thermoplastic polymer is selected from the group consisting of: polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polylactic acid, polyhydroxyalkanoate, polyvinyl alcohol, poly caprolactone and mixtures thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the fibrous structure further comprises a plurality of solid additives. 
     
     
         7 . The wet wipe according to  claim 6  wherein at least one of the plurality of solid additives comprises a fiber. 
     
     
         8 . The wet wipe according to  claim 7  wherein the fiber comprises a wood pulp fiber. 
     
     
         9 . The wet wipe according to  claim 8  wherein the wood pulp fiber is selected from the group consisting of: Southern Softwood Kraft pulp fibers, Northern Softwood Kraft pulp fibers, Eucalyptus pulp fibers, Acacia pulp fibers. 
     
     
         10 . The wet wipe according to  claim 7  wherein the fiber is selected from the group consisting of: rayon, lyocell, cotton, wool, silk, jute, linen, ramie, hemp, flax, camel hair, kenaf, polyester, nylon, polyolefin, starch, starch derivatives, cellulose, cellulose derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivatives, chitin, chitosan, polyisoprene, peptide, polyhydroxyalkanoate, copolymers of polyolefins, polylactic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polycaprolactone and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The wet wipe according to  claim 6  wherein the fibrous structure is a co-formed fibrous structure. 
     
     
         12 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the wet wipe is an embossed wet wipe. 
     
     
         13 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the plurality of filaments comprises meltblown filaments. 
     
     
         14 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the liquid composition comprises a lotion composition. 
     
     
         15 . The wet wipe according to  claim 14  wherein the at least one of the plurality of wet wipes exhibits a Lotion Release of greater than 0.25 as measured according to the Lotion Release Test Method. 
     
     
         16 . The wet wipe according to  claim 14  wherein wet wipe exhibits a DAT of less than 0.04 as measured according to the DAT Test Method. 
     
     
         17 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the wet wipe exhibits a Soil Leak Through Lr Value of less than 2 as measured according to the Soil Leak Through Test Method. 
     
     
         18 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the Basis Weight of the wet wipe is less than 55 g/m 2  as measured according to the Basis Weight Test Method. 
     
     
         19 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein a stack of a plurality of the wet wipes exhibits a Saturation Gradient Index of less than 1.5. 
     
     
         20 . The wet wipe according to  claim 1  wherein the wet wipe exhibits a pore volume distribution such that at least 43% of the total pore volume present in the wet wipe exists in pores of radii of from 91 μm to 140 μm as measured according to the Pore Volume Distribution Test Method.