Fibrous laminated web and method and apparatus for making the same and absorbent articles incorporating the same

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid-permeable bodyside liner;
• a liquid-impermeable outer cover;
• an absorbent core disposed between said bodyside liner and said outer cover;
• and
• a laminated fibrous material disposed adjacent at least a portion of said bodyside liner;
• said laminated fibrous material comprising a first fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of one or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• a second fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of two or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• said first and second layers being bonded together at an interface between said layers in a spaced apart bonding pattern comprising compacted bonding regions having a given degree of bonding with lesser bonded fiber spans therebetween;
• and
• said bonding regions having substantially circular apertures formed therein.

An absorbent article comprising:

• a liquid-permeable bodyside liner;
• a liquid-impermeable outer cover;
• a laminated fibrous material disposed adjacent at least a portion of said bodyside liner;
• said laminated fibrous material comprising a first fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of one or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• a second fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of two or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• said first and second layers being bonded together at an interface between said layers in a spaced apart bonding pattern comprising compacted bonding regions areas having a given degree of bonding with lesser bonded fiber spans therebetween;
• said bonding regions having substantially circular apertures formed therein;
• and
• an absorbent core disposed between said laminated fibrous material and said outer cover.

A laminated fibrous material comprising:

• a first fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of one or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• a second fibrous layer comprising a plurality of fibers or filaments of two or more thermoplastic polymeric materials;
• said first and second layers being bonded together at an interface between said layers in a spaced apart bonding pattern comprising compacted bonding regions having a given degree of bonding with lesser bonded fibers spans therebetween;
• said bonds between said first and second layers within said bonding regions extending through the thickness of each said layer to said interface between said layers;
• said bonding regions extending substantially continuously across said laminated fibrous material in a plane parallel to said interface between said layers;
• and
• said bonding regions having substantially circular apertures formed therein, said apertures being substantially free of fibers through the thickness of each said layer.