Patent ID: 7371919

Claim:
A laminate web comprising a liquid pervious first material and a liquid pervious second material attached to said first material, characterized by: said first material having an effective open area of at least about 10 percent and a plurality of apertures with an effective size of at least 0.2 square millimeters, said second material having an effective open area of at least about 10 percent and a plurality of apertures with an effective size of at least 0.2 square millimeters, said apertures of said second material being aligned with said apertures of said first material, wherein said second material has a hydrophilicity which is greater than the hydrophilicity of said first material, wherein a plurality of fibers of said first material and a plurality of fibers of said second material are substantially fused together about the apertures, wherein said first material has a first bonded area and said second material has a second bonded area, and wherein said second bonded area is greater than said first bonded area.