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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Richard Neely, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Darryl Franklin Clark, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ty Jackson Stokes, Suwanee, GA (US);
Chad Michael Freese, Neenah, WI (US);
Rebecca Willey Griffin, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/14 ; D01D 5/24 ; D01D 5/32 ; D01D 5/34 ; D02G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D01D 5/14 ; D01D 5/24 ; D01D 5/32 ; D01D 5/34 ; D02G 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides continuously crimped propylene polymer nonwoven fabrics as well as processes for forming crimped multicomponent propylene polymer fibers by melt-attenuating extruded multicomponent fibers with heated or unheated air wherein the fibers spontaneously crimp without the need for additional heating and/or stretching steps.