Patent ID: 7326314

Claim:
A method of making a low-lint laminated nonwoven fabric comprising the steps of: a. providing an olefin polymer; b. providing an absorbent layer, comprising a nonwoven fabric; c. providing a heated first roll having a smooth surface; d. providing an embossing second roll having an embossed surface comprising a series of raised nubs; e. extruding said olefin polymer into a continuous thin molten film directly onto said absorbent layer to form a laminate being advanced on said heated first roll wherein said heated first roll is rotating at a first peripheral speed; f. advancing said laminate with said thin molten film remaining molten and formable when said laminate reaches a nip between said heated first roll and said embossing second roll wherein said embossing second roll is rotating at a second peripheral speed that is from 1 to 20 percent different than said first peripheral speed of said heated first roll for embossing said film side of said laminate wherein said film side comes in contact with said embossing second roll, which is wiped with said raised nubs so as to reticulate said film side of said laminate to form a series or network of geometrically profiled depressed areas, wherein the difference in peripheral speeds of said heated first roll and said embossing second roll creates openings in the film layer in said depressed areas, and wherein the depressed areas of the film are able to collect liquids and channel said liquids through said openings in the film layer into the absorbent layer, to form a laminated fabric.