Laminate and web characteristic control by varying bonding patterns

A laminate comprising:

• at least two facings adhered together by an adhesive layer;
• said adhesive layer comprising individual polymer fibers arranged in a predefined pattern wherein adjacently-located individual fibers overlap to form an organized structure and wherein said predefined pattern has the majority of said individual fibers lying in either a machine-direction orientation, a cross-machine direction orientation, or both a machine-direction and cross-machine direction orientation so as to form an organized structure of polymer fibers.

A nonwoven material comprising:

• individual polymer fibers arranged in a predefined pattern wherein at least of said fibers are joined to create an overlapping bonded structure.