Patent ID: 6849324
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: A61F,D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A nonwoven web formed of highly elongatable multipolymer fibers, said fibers being substantially oriented in one direction, and said web having a plurality of discrete point bond sites throughout the web bonding the fibers together, said point bond sites comprising areas where the fibers have been fusion bonded together to form bond sites, said bond sites being imbedded within the web between opposite surfaces of the web and of a distorted, non-planar configuration extended generally in the Z-axis direction of the web, and said web having an extensibility in one direction of at least 100 percent when a load of 300 grams force per inch or less is applied in said one direction, and wherein the ratio of the tensile strength of the web in the direction of orientation of the fibers to the tensile strength in the direction transverse to the direction of orientation is at least about 10:1.