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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Dimitri P. Zafiroglu, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey Allen Chambers, Hockessin, DE (US);
Geoffrey David Hietpas, Newark, DE (US);
Dimitri P. Zafiroglu, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jeffrey Allen Chambers, Hockessin, DE (US);
Geoffrey David Hietpas, Newark, DE (US);
INVISTA North America S.a r.l., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A multi-layer composite sheet comprising a shrinkable layer intermittently bonded a to a gatherable layer with the bonds separated by a specified distance and wherein the shrinkable layer can shrink and at the same time gather the gatherable layer between the bonds. A process for preparing multi-layer composite sheets by intermittently bonding a shrinkable layer to a gatherable layer with the bonds separated by a specified distance and causing the shrinkable layer to shrink while at the same time gathering the gatherable layer between the bonds. Preferably, the shrinkable layer comprises an array of fibers or nonwoven web comprising fibers having latent spiral crimp.