Abstract:
The present invention relates to a nonwoven composite comprising an elastomeric polymer elastic film positioned adjacent to and melt fused under heat and pressure to a nonwoven web material at a plurality of discrete bond points, wherein said nonwoven composite comprises a plurality of unbonded areas such that the unbonded areas provide unbonded elastic film positioned adjacent to but not fused to said nonwoven web such that the unbonded areas create distinct, tactile patterns in about 20% to about 75% of the surface area of the overall nonwoven composite and provides the nonwoven composite with a caliper ratio of from about 0.025mm/gsm to about 0.050 mm/gsm.
Abstract:
Absorbent articles comprising a multilayer outer cover comprising a first outer layer and a second outer layer comprising a component that exhibits at least partial elastic recovery after mechanical activation in the machine direction; an inner layer, disposed between the first outer layer and the second outer layer, the inner layer comprising elastic strands; and wherein at least one of the first outer layer and second outer layer is laminated to the inner layer.
Abstract:
Nonwoven webs / nonwoven laminates for use in absorbent articles are disclosed. The nonwoven laminate includes a first nonwoven web with continuous spunbond crimped fibers and a second web joined to the first nonwoven web. A plurality of apertures extend through at least one of the first nonwoven web or the second web. The nonwoven web includes a plurality of continuous spunbond crimped fibers wherein a plurality of apertures extend through the nonwoven web.
Abstract:
A laminate comprising a first nonwoven layer comprising a plurality of apertures and a second nonwoven layer is provided. One of the first and second nonwoven layers is a pre-strained layer and is joined to the other one of the first and second nonwoven layers. The other one of the first and second nonwoven layers is a non-pre-strained layer. The pre-strained layer and the non-pre-strained layer together form a three-dimensional laminate.
Abstract:
A laminate comprises a first layer comprising a plurality of lower opacity zones positioned within a higher opacity zone is provided. The plurality of lower opacity zones form a first pattern. The laminate comprises a second layer comprising a second pattern. The laminate comprises a non-joined span of the first and second layers having a dimension of at least about 20 mm. A first portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a first position relative to the second layer, within the non-joined span. A second portion of the second pattern is visible through at least some of the plurality of lower opacity zones when the first layer, within the non-joined span, is in a second position relative to the first layer, within the non-joined span.
Abstract:
A film that is both biodegradable and flushable, and yet can still act as a barrier to water or other fluids during use, is provided. More particularly, the film contains a water-dispersible core layer that helps the film to lose its integrity after being flushed, as well as a water-barrier skin layer that helps maintain the integrity of the film during use. The nature and relative concentration of the components in the water-barrier layer are selectively controlled to achieve a combination of different functions. That is, the majority of the polymers employed in the water- barrier layer are biodegradable polymers that can be degraded by microorganisms while in an aqueous environment (e.g., septic tank, water treatment facility, etc.). To even further enhance the overall renewability of the layer, a relatively high amount of the biodegradable polymers are starch polymers, which are also renewable. The starch polymers can also minimize the degree of stickiness in the film, which can sometimes result from certain types of synthetic polymers. Even at a high starch content, the present inventors have discovered that films may still be readily formed by using synthetic biodegradable polyesters in combination with the starch to facilitate melt processing.
Abstract:
A disposable wearing article includes front and rear waist members respectively having a plurality of waist elastics extending in a transverse direction and spaced one from another in a longitudinal direction. The waist elastics are attached under tension and in a contractible manner to these front and rear waist members, and a crotch member joined to respective sides of the front and rear waist members. At least one of the front and rear waist members has two or more elastic zones defined in the longitudinal direction and differentiated in tensile stresses in the transverse direction and the first bonded region or regions is or are formed in the high elastic zone or zones included in the plurality of elastic zones and having the highest tensile stress.
Abstract:
An absorbent article that comprises a barrier component, which comprises a nonwoven barrier sheet, comprising at least a spunbond nonwoven web with spunbond fibers and at least a meltblown nonwoven web with meltblown fibers (or at least two nonwoven laminate layers comprising said meltbown and spunbond webs), and whereby said nonwoven barrier sheet has pores of a largest pore size of less than 50 microns, and whereby said spunbond fibers have a number average diameter of 6 to 18 microns, 11 microns or 12 to 14 microns or 15 microns, and whereby the total weight percentage (by weight of the nonwoven barrier sheet) of the meltblown web(s) is from 5% to 30%, 5% to 20%, and whereby said meltblown fibers have a number average fiber diameter from 1 µm to 5 µm, or from 1 µm to 3 µm.