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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jacqueline A Willey, Mauldin, SC (US);
William L Cox, Pickens, SC (US);
Assignee:
Fiberweb North America, Inc., Simpsonville, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H / ; D04H / ; D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428288 ; 1563084 ; 428296 ; 602 45 ;
Abstract
The invention provides high elongation thermally bonded nonwoven fabrics which exhibit elongation of at least about 130% in the cross-machine direction. The fabrics of the invention include a nonwoven a web of polyolefin staple fibers having an elongation of at least 400 percent, and a multiplicity of discrete thermal bonds throughout the web to provide a bond area of from 8 to 25 percent of the area of the fabric.