Patent ID: 7669297

Claim:
A composite web comprising: a substrate comprising a first major surface; and at least two polymeric structures of a thermoplastic composition attached to the first major surface of the substrate; wherein each polymeric structure of the at least two polymeric structures occupies an area of the first major surface of the substrate, wherein the area occupied by at least one polymeric structure of the at least two polymeric structures comprises a bonded area in which the thermoplastic composition of the polymeric structure is attached to the first major surface and at least one detached area in which the polymeric structure is not attached to the first major surface of the substrate, wherein, in the detached area, the at least one polymeric structure is cantilevered over and aligned with the first major surface of the substrate, and wherein the first major surface of the substrate comprises polymeric material with a melt processing temperature at or below a melt processing temperature of the thermoplastic composition of the at least two polymeric structures.