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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Avintiv Specialty Materials Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Rongguo Zhao, Mooresville, NC (US);
Nyle Bishop, Mooresville, NC (US);
Assignee:
AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/74 (2006.01); B29C 55/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); D01D 5/20 (2006.01); D04H 1/4391 (2012.01); D04H 1/541 (2012.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); D01F 6/06 (2006.01); B29K 623/00 (2006.01); B29L 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/74 (2013.01); B29C 55/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/266 (2021.05); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); D01D 5/20 (2013.01); D04H 1/4391 (2013.01); D04H 1/5412 (2020.05); D04H 1/5414 (2020.05); B29K 2623/12 (2013.01); B29L 2007/008 (2013.01); B32B 2305/20 (2013.01); D01F 6/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Nonwoven fabrics suitable for a wide variety of applications (e.g., healthcare, filtration, industrial, packaging, etc.) are provided. In one aspect, the nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of segmented fibers. Each of the plurality of segmented fibers may comprise a fiber axis and a plurality of alternating larger diameter and smaller diameter segments along the fiber axis. The plurality of segmented fibers may be substantially aligned in a first direction.