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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mari-Pat Vonfeldt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Tara Tryphena Steinke, Corona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 5/02 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of forming a nonwoven composite fabric that includes the steps of a) providing a first layer that includes splittable continuous fibers, b) splitting at least a portion of the splittable continuous fibers into split filaments, c) thereafter superposing a second layer and the first layer, wherein the second layer includes staple fibers, and d) entangling the first and second layers to form a composite fabric.