Patent · US Expired

Nonwoven fabric laminate with good conformability

US6103647A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 14, 1996
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 14, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/671
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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