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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
A Todd Leak, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark Michael Mleziva, Whitelaw, WI (US);
Duane Girard Uitenbroek, Little Chute, WI (US);
Monica Signoret Diaz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Lance James Garrett, Jr, Marietta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A laminate suitable for use as the hook component of a hook-and-loop fastener. The laminate comprises a first extensible substantially non-elastic layer and a second layer comprising a nonwoven material. The nonwoven material is prebonded by a number of first spaced-apart bond sites to form first bonded and first unbonded areas. The second layer is attached to the first layer by a plurality of second spaced-apart bond sites to form a bulked laminate having a plurality of second bonded and second unbonded areas. The second bonded and second unbonded areas together define a surface area of said bulked laminate with said second bonded areas covering from about 5 to about 20 percent of the surface area. At least 50 percent of the second bonded areas have an area of less than about 4 square millimeters and have a density of greater than about 2 bonds per square centimeter. The laminate is bulked due to said second layer having from about 15 to about 30 percent more surface area than the first layer per the same unit area of said laminate. Also disclosed are disposable absorbent articles including such a laminate.