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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Jackson McGinty, Midlothian, VA (US);
Hyunkook Shin, Wilmington, DE (US);
Young H Kim, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442352 ; 442339 ; 442340 ; 442401 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to flash spinning copolymers which provide softness and quietness to nonwoven sheet structures formed of plexifilamentary film-fibril material. In particular, flash spinning polyethylene with an ethylene copolymer provides a substantial improvement in softness and quietness.