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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Paul Joseph Datta, Appleton, WI (US);
Stanley Michael Gryskiewicz, Woodstock, GA (US);
Richard Daniel Pike, Norcross, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a barrier laminate having a barrier layer and a lofty crimped-fiber nonwoven web layer, which laminate provides a foam-like resiliency, cloth-like texture and liquid barrier property. The barrier layer of the laminate is selected from films, microfiber nonwoven webs and laminates thereof, and the crimped-fiber web layer, which contains a structural fiber component and an heat-activatable adhesive component, has substantially uniformly distributed interfiber bonds. Additionally provided are thermoformed articles from the laminate and a thermoforming process for producing the articles.