Patent ID: 7294387
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: A44B,A61F,B32B,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A diaper comprising, a composite sheet material used as a female portion of a tear away fastening system, said sheet material comprising: a nonwoven gossamer substrate layer of entangled fiber elements and a plurality of heat bloomed yarns of extending in a repeating pattern through said substrate layer at locations along the length of said substrate layer such that said yarns define a plurality of looped elements projecting away from a first face of said substrate layer such that said looped elements are arranged in substantially parallel rows and wherein looped elements in a first row are interconnected with looped elements in at least a second substantially parallel row by portions of said yarns defining intermediate yarn segments disposed in crossing relation between the first and second rows across a second face of said substrate layer projecting away from said first face, wherein said repeating pattern is characterized by the substantial absence of interlocking stitches between intermediate yarn segments and wherein a backing layer comprising thermoplastic polymeric material is disposed across the second face of said substrate layer in substantially surrounding relation to the intermediate yarn segments such that said intermediate yarn segments are anchored within said backing layer, wherein the composite sheet material is disposed in a localized zone across a forward facing portion of the diaper substantially adjacent to the waistline of the diaper.