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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
John H. Conrad, Alpharetta, GA (US);
James R. Fitts, Jr., Gainesville, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A nonwoven composite that has a dimension in a machine direction and a cross-machine direction is provided. The composite comprises a nonwoven facing positioned adjacent to an elastic film. The nonwoven facing contains a spunbond web that is formed by necking a base spunbond web. The base spunbond web includes a plurality of fibers generally oriented in the machine direction and exhibiting a machine direction tensile strength and cross-machine direction tensile strength. The ratio of the machine direction tensile strength to the cross-machine direction tensile strength is about 4:1 or more.