Patent ID: 7776771

Claim:
A nonwoven material comprising: a plurality of fibers, the fibers including a polymeric blend, wherein the polymeric blend comprises (a) a first linear low density metallocene polyethylene having a density ρ 1 and a melt index MI 1 ; and (b) a second linear low density polyethylene having a density ρ 2 and a melt index MI 2 ; wherein the polymeric blend has a density ρ b of from about 0.920 g/cm 3 to about 0.950 g/cm 3 , a melt index MI b of from about 10 to about 40 g/10 minutes wherein: ρ 1 <ρ b <ρ 2 , MI 1 <MI b <MI 2 , MI 2 /MI 1 ≧2.0 and ρ 2 −ρ 1 ≧0.015; and further wherein the nonwoven material exhibits a tensile elongation of at least 140%.