Patent ID: 6998164

Claim:
A lofted web of nonwoven material comprising: a plurality of substantially continuous fibers, the web having x, y and z directions, edges, and a first major surface in an x-y plane, with x being a machine direction, y being a cross machine direction and z being a loft direction; the substantially continuous fibers oriented in the z-direction and folded to form loops; the loops form a waved material with a train of waves spaced along the machine direction running from edge to edge in the cross direction and extending in the z-direction; and the first major surface is flat; and the web is integrally fixed with each wave being a substantially “U”-shaped wherein said U-shape has a bight protruding in the loft direction and the legs of the “U” are spaced along the machine direction and extend towards the first major surface and the legs of the “U” extending retrograde towards the first major surface.