Elastic polyetherester nonwoven web

Elastic meltblown microfibers consisting essentially of:

• a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR4## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers.

An elastic nonwoven web comprising:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyethereseter material having the general formula of:
• ##STR5## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers.

An elastic nonwoven web consisting essentially of:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR6## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers.

An elastic nonwoven web comprising:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR7## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consising of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers;
• and
• from about 1 percent, by weight, to about 40 percent, by weight, of nonelastic secondary fibers.

An elastic nonwoven web comprising:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR8## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers;
• and
• from about 1 percent, by weight, to about 80 percent, by weight, of nonelastic secondary fibers having an average length of 0.25 inch or less.

An elastic nonwoven web consisting essentially of:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR9## where:
• G is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• a, m and n are positive integers;
• and
• from about 1 percent, by weight, to about 40 percent, by weight, of nonelastic secondary fibers.

An elastic nonwoven web comprising:

• a coherent matrix of fibers formed from a polyetherester material having the general formula of:
• ##STR10## where:
• "G" is selected from the group consisting of:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers;
• and
• from about 1 percent, by weight, to about 80 percent, by weight, of particulate materials.

A process for extruding a polyetherester material having the general formula of:

• ##STR11## where:
• "G" is selected from the group including:
• poly(oxyethylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxypropylene)-alpha,omega-diol poly(oxytetramethylene)-alpha,omega-diol and
• "a", "m" and "n" are positive integers;
• and
• wherein said polyetherester material is treated prior to extrusion to achieve a moisture content of at least about 0.1 percent, by weight.