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Multicomponent apertured nonwoven

  • US 6,632,504 B1
  • Filed: 03/17/2000
  • Issued: 10/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A nonwoven web comprising a plurality of multicomponent fibers, said fibers comprising at least two thermoplastic polymer components arranged in at least first and second separate continuous structured domains, said polymer component of said first domain comprising polyethylene, and a plurality of discrete, spaced-apart, frangible bond sites of fused polymer bonding said fibers to form a coherent extensible nonwoven web, said frangible bond sites being structured and arranged to readily rupture when subjected to tensile stress to form discrete, spaced-apart apertures in the nonwoven fabric, and said web having a peak elongation of at least 200 percent.

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