Patent ID: 7544628

Claim:
A mechanically acting closure element in disposable hygiene articles, diapers, incontinence articles, having a loop-forming component and a hook-forming component, the loop-forming component being a loop-forming nonwoven material comprising: First nonbonded areas disposed in an upper side of the non-woven material, said first nonbonded areas being spaced apart from each other and disposed like islands; bonded contours delimiting said first nonbonded areas; and second nonbonded areas disposed outside of said bonded contours, said second nonbonded areas being smaller than said first nonbonded areas and separating adjacent first nonbonded areas from each other, wherein a straight line extending between adjacent first nonbonded areas always intersects a bonded contour or a bonded partial area which is disposed between said first adjacent nonbonded areas, said first nonbonded areas having a surface portion of 20 to 45% of an overall surface of said upper side, wherein an overall surface portion of bonded areas is 10 to 60% of an overall area of said upper side, Wherein said first non-bonded areas have a dimension or a diameter of a circle inscribed inside said nonbonded first areas of 3 to 15 mm, Wherein all of said first nonbonded areas have a maximum mutual separation from adjacent ones of said first nonbonded areas of 10 mm, Wherein the loop-forming nonwoven material cooperates with a hook-forming component of a mechanical closure element for closing the hygiene article, such that an adhesive force as a shearing force of at least 5 N/25 mm but at most 80 N/25mm is achieved.