Claims
- 1. A sheet material having at least one fibrous surface exhibiting the appearance and texture similar to a fibrous cloth comprising:
- a substrate; and
- an array of free formed fibers wherein each fiber is drawn from a discrete deposit of a thermally sensitive material joined to at least one surface of said substrate, said substrate serving as a fiber base, said fiber having an essentially straight shank extending outwardly from the base to a distal end, said array of fibers having a density of about 4 to 62 fibers per square millimeter.
- 2. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said array of essentially straight fibers has a density of about 16 fibers per square millimeter to about 49 fibers per square millimeter.
- 3. The sheet material of claim 2 wherein said array of fibers has a density of about 37 fiber bases per square millimeter.
- 4. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said essentially straight fibers are ethylene/vinyl acetate fibers or polyethylene fibers.
- 5. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said essentially straight fibers are about 0.15 to 65 mm long.
- 6. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said essentially straight fibers have a denier of about 0.20 to 6.0.
- 7. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said sheet exhibits a shear strength of less than 50 g/m.sup.2.
- 8. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said sheet exhibits a peel strength of about 0 g/in.sup.2.
- 9. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said substrate is selected from the group consisting of a knitted fabric, a woven material, a non-woven material, rubber, vinyl, polyolefinic film, and paper.
- 10. The sheet material of claim 9 wherein said substrate is a polyethylene film.
- 11. The sheet material of claim 1 wherein said sheet material is a top sheet, core wrap, backsheet, or cuff for a disposable, absorbent garment.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/514,474, filed Aug. 11, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,565,255, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/298,109, filed Aug. 29, 1994, and now abandoned.
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Continuations (2)
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