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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2000
Thomas E. Quantrille, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Harold E. Thomas, Greer, SC (US);
Barry D. Meece, Pelzer, SC (US);
Scott L. Gessner, Encinitas, CA (US);
J. Darrell Gillespie, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Jared A. Austin, Greer, SC (US);
David D. Newkirk, Greer, SC (US);
William Fowells, Washougal, WA (US);
BBA Nonwovens Simpsonville, Inc., Simpsonville, SC (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a composite nonwoven fabric with a superior combination of extensibility, tensile properties and abrasion resistance. The composite nonwoven fabric ( ) comprises at least one layer containing multipolymer fibers, with a plurality of bonds bonding the fibers together to form a coherent extensible nonwoven web ( ). This coherent extensible nonwoven web ( ) has a Taber surface abrasion value (rubber wheel) of greater than 10 cycles and an elongation at peak load in at least one of the machine direction or the cross-machine direction of at least 70%. A second extensible layer ( ) is laminated to this coherent extensible nonwoven web ( ).