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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph V Braun, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428286 ; 156220 ; 156290 ; 1563088 ; 428171 ; 428172 ; 428198 ; 428284 ; 428296 ; 428913 ; 604370 ; 604372 ;
Abstract
A nonwoven fabric is disclosed which comprises at least two layers of nonwoven web adjacent to and bonded to each other. Each web comprises a plurality of monofilaments of a thermoplastic material. In one of the webs, the thermoplastic material is polypropylene. In another of the layers, the thermoplastic material is polyethylene. Advantages of this combination of nonwoven webs comprising these polymers in layers in a multilayer nonwoven fabric are disclosed which include increased softness and tensile strength.