Patent ID: 8034430

Claim:
A fastening system comprising: a nonwoven fabric that includes a first web and a second web, wherein the first web is formed of a plurality of extruded strands where at least some of the strands include an auto-adhesive material, wherein the auto-adhesive material is a thermoplastic elastomer selected from the group consisting of multiblock copolymers of radial, triblock and diblock structures including non-rubbery segments of mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; non-rubbery segments of substituted or unsubstituted monocyclic arenes; rubbery segments of polybutadiene; and rubbery segments of styrene butadiene, wherein the first web and second web are positioned in a laminar surface-to-surface relationship, and wherein the first web and second web have substantially the same composition; and a foam layer that includes a surface having a plurality of free-standing struts which are adapted to engage at least a portion of the plurality of strands, at least some of the free-standing struts including an auto-adhesive material that is similar to the auto-adhesive material in the nonwoven fabric.