Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Structurally defined web or sheet – Including fastener for attaching to external surface
Patent
1991-05-20
1994-07-05
Robinson, Ellis P.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Structurally defined web or sheet
Including fastener for attaching to external surface
24450, 24451, 24452, 428212, 428219, 428220, 428284, 428287, 428296, 428292, 428303, A44B 1700, B32B 306
Patent
active
053266129
ABSTRACT:
A female component is provided for engaging a complementary hook component in a refastenable fastening device. The female component comprises a nonwoven web secured to a backing. The nonwoven web has characteristics that are specifically suited for entangling and holding the hooks of the mating hook component. The nonwoven web has a basis weight of between about 6 and about 42 grams/meter.sup.2. The nonwoven web may comprise, among other types of nonwovens, a carded web with fibers between about 2.5 cm. and about 13 cm. long, or a spunbonded web with continuous length fibers. The denier of the fibers should be between about 0.5 and about 15. The total area occupied by any bonds between the fibers comprising the nonwoven web is less than about six percent of the total area of the web. The nonwoven web is secured to the backing, preferably autogeneously. The total area occupied by both the bonds between the fibers comprising the nonwoven web and by the bonds between the nonwoven web and the backing is between about 10 percent and about 35 percent of the total area of the female component. A fastening device having a hook fastening component and a female component that comprises the nonwoven female component of the present invention is also provided. The fastening device can be used on disposable articles, such as disposable diapers.
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U.S. patent application Ser. No. (not assigned yet) filed the same day as the present application by David J. K. Goulait, discloses a multi-layer female component for a refastenable fastening device and method of making the same. (Ser. No. 07/382,516-Jul. 19, 1989.)
Ahmad Nasser
Bamber Jeffrey V.
Linman E. Kelly
Miller Steven W.
Robinson Ellis P.
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