Soft, strong hydraulically entangled nonwoven composite material and method for making the same

A method for forming a composite nonwoven material comprising the steps of:

• providing a hydraulically entangled web comprising
• more than about 50 percent, by weight, of a fibrous component comprising pulp and
• more than about 0 up to about 50 percent, by weight, of a nonwoven layer of substantially continuous filaments,
• the web having a first side and a second side;
• applying a bonding material to the first side of the web in a preselected pattern;
• the bonding material being added to the first side in an amount from about 2% to about 15% by weight of said web, said bonding material being used to adhere said first side of said web to a first creping surface;
• creping said first side of the web from the first creping surface;
• applying said bonding agent to the second side of the web in a preselected pattern, the bonding agent being added to the second side in an amount from about 2% to about 15% by weight of the web, the bonding material being used to adhere the second side of the web to a second creping surface;
• and
• creping said second side of the web from the second creping surface.

A nonwoven composite material comprising:

• a hydraulically entangled web comprising:
• more than about 50 percent, by weight, of a fibrous component comprising pulp;
• and
• more than about 0 up to about 50 percent, by weight, of a nonwoven layer of substantially continuous filaments;
• and
• regions containing bonding material covering at least a portion of at least one side of the composite material in a preselected pattern, the bonding material being added to at least one side of said web in an amount from about 2% to about 15% by weight of said web,
• wherein at least one side of the web has been creped.