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Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsNeelakandan Chandrasekaran, Lori-Ann S. Prioleau, Leigh E. Wood, Jayant Chakravarty, Timothy V. Stagg
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A multi-component fiber including at least first and second components. In some cases, at least a portion of the first component is opaque and microporous, and the second component is different from the first component. In some cases, at least a portion of the second component can be seen through at least a portion of the first component. A fiber having an opaque, microporous region and a see-through region of lower porosity is also disclosed. Fibrous webs including such fibers are also disclosed. In some cases, the fibrous web has at least one first region where first portions of the multiple fibers are opaque and microporous and at least one second region where second portions of the multiple fibers form a see-through region of lower porosity. Articles and laminates including the fibrous webs are disclosed. Methods of making the fibers, fibrous webs, and articles are also disclosed.
A multi-component fiber comprising at least first and second components, wherein at least a portion of the first component is opaque and microporous, wherein the second component is different from the first component, wherein the first component further comprises a see-through region of lower porosity than the portion that is opaque and microporous, and wherein at least a portion of the second component can be seen through the see-through region of lower porosity.
A laminate comprising a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is a fibrous web comprising multiple fibers, the fibrous web comprising at least one first region where first portions of the multiple fibers are opaque and microporous and at least one second region where second portions of the multiple fibers form a see-through region of lower porosity than the first portions, and wherein a portion of the second layer is visible through the second portions of the multiple fibers.
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