Inventors:
Peter W. Pascavage - Stuarts Draft VA, US
Assignee:
INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L. - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
B32B 27/08, D04H 13/00, B32B 27/32, B32B 7/02, B32B 5/26, D02G 3/04
US Classification:
428196, 442361, 442364, 428219, 428212, 442382
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are nonwoven fabric composites comprising layers of spunbond and meltblown nonwoven webs. Such composites are prepared by forming or assembling the layers of the composite such that there is at least one outer layer of spunbond fibers disposed on at least one inner meltblown layer. The at least one outer layer comprises substantially parallel stripes of spunbond, continuous filament fibers with at least two different types of stripes being used. The stripes of fibers within the spunbond layer(s) are also predominately oriented in the machine direction of the nonwoven fabric composite. All layers of the fabric composites herein are bonded together via thermal, adhesive, ultra-sonic or mechanical bonding means. Such composites can be fashioned to vary the ratio of cross direction stretch to machine direction stretch.