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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
Mark James Kline, Okeana, OH (US);
Kazuhiko Masuda, Ichihara, JP;
Hisashi Morimoto, Ichihara, JP;
Thomas Alexander Horn, Hofheim, DE;
Mark James Kline, Okeana, OH (US);
Kazuhiko Masuda, Ichihara, JP;
Hisashi Morimoto, Ichihara, JP;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A fastening system includes an engaging component and a receiving component. The engaging component has a plurality of engaging elements capable of engaging the receiving component. The receiving component includes a nonwoven fabric having composite fibers, an embossed section, and a non-embossed section. The composite fibers are bonded together in the embossed sections. The composite fibers include a first propylene polymer and a second propylene polymer, wherein the first and second propylene polymers extend continually in a longitudinal direction and are arranged such that the second propylene polymer is associated with the first propylene polymer such that the composite fiber forms a crimp therein. The embossed sections have a plurality of zigzag unit patterns arranged in a machine direction which have a ratio of W/Win the range of about 0.5 to about 2.0.