Nonwoven fabric laminate with good conformability
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJay Sheldon Shultz, Susan Elaine Shawver, Leslie Warren Collier, IV, Paul Windsor Estey
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Abstract
There is provided a laminate having at least one layer of meltblown elastic fibers bonded on either side with a layer of soft non-elastic fibers of greater than 7 microns in average diameter. The laminate has a drape stiffness less than half of a similar fabric having a layer of meltblown non-elastic fibers in place of the layer of meltblown elastic fibers.
Claims24
A laminate having a hydrohead of at least 10 millibars comprising at least one layer of meltblown elastic olefin polymer fibers thermally bonded on at least one side with a layer of soft fibers of a nonelastic material greater than 7 microns in average diameter.
A laminate comprising at least one layer of meltblown elastic fibers bonded on either side with a layer of soft non-elastic fibers of greater than 7 microns in average diameter.
A laminate having a hydrohead of at least 10 millibars comprising at least one layer of meltblown elastic olefin polymer fibers thermally bonded on either side with a layer of soft fibers of a nonelastic material greater than 7 microns in average diameter.
An infection control product having a hydrohead of at least 10 millibars comprising at least one layer of elastic olefin polymer meltblown fibers thermally bonded on either side with a layer of conjugate spunbond fibers of a nonelastic material, wherein said laminate has a drape stiffness of at most 2.5 cm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.