Lofty nonwoven fabrics
AssigneeMagnera Corporation
InventorRalph A. Moody, III
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Abstract
Nonwoven fabrics are provided that include (i) at least one disposable-high-loft nonwoven layer having a plurality of crimped multi-component fibers and (ii) a scrim. A first side of the scrim may be bonded directly or indirectly to a first disposable-high-loft nonwoven layer and optionally a second side of the scrim may be bonded directly or indirectly to a second disposable-high-loft nonwoven layer. The first disposable-high-loft nonwoven layer has a first density and the scrim has a scrim density, in which the scrim density is larger than the first density.
Claims20
A nonwoven fabric, comprising:
- (i) a first disposable-high-loft (“DHL”) nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of crimped multi-component fibers;
- wherein the first DHL nonwoven layer has a first density;
- and
- (ii) a scrim comprising a first side, a second side, and a scrim density;
- wherein the first side of the scrim is bonded directly or indirectly to the first DHL nonwoven layer and the scrim density is larger than the first density.
A method of forming a nonwoven fabric, comprising:
- (i) forming or providing a first DHL nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of crimped multi-component fibers;
- wherein the first DHL nonwoven layer has a first density;
- (ii) forming or providing a scrim comprising a first side and a second side;
- wherein the scrim has a scrim density that is larger than the first density;
- and
- (iii) directly or indirectly bonding the first side of the scrim to the first DHL nonwoven layer to provide a nonwoven fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.