Patent ID: 8021996
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: D04H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A nonwoven web comprising multicomponent fibers, the multicomponent fibers having a longitudinal length, each multicomponent fiber having at least a first component and at least a second component, wherein the first component has a lower melting point or glass transition temperature than the second component, a portion of the multicomponent fibers are partially split, where at least one component of the multicomponent fiber has separated from the remaining components of the multicomponent fiber along a first section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers, along a second section of the longitudinal length of the multicomponent fibers the components of the multicomponent fibers remain together as a unitary fiber structure, and wherein part of the second section of the multicomponent fibers is non-compressively bonded to part of a second section of an adjacent multicomponent fiber, wherein the multicomponent fibers of the nonwoven web have a low degree of splitting.