Claims
- 1. A disposable garment including a fastener comprising releasably engageable hook and loop portions, said loop portion comprising:
- a backing comprising a thermoplastic non-fibrous backing layer with generally uniform internal structure and having front and rear major surfaces: and
- a sheet of longitudinally oriented fibers, said sheet of longitudinally oriented fibers having anchor portions of said sheet in the thermoplastic backing layer at spaced bonding locations and having arcuate portions of said sheet projecting from the front surface of the backing between the bonding locations, the fibers in the anchor portions of the sheet of fibers being generally non-deformed and being bonded in the thermoplastic backing layer at said spaced bonding locations.
- 2. A disposable garment according to claim 1 wherein said arcuate portions have a height from said backing of less than 0.64 centimeters (0.250 inch), and said fibers having a basis weight in the range of 5 to 200 grams per square meter measured along said front surface to provide sufficient open area between said fibers along said arcuate portions to afford ready engagement of said fibers along said arcuate portions by the hook portion of said fastener.
- 3. A disposable diaper including a fastener comprising releasably engageable hook and loop portions, said loop portion comprising:
- a backing comprising a thermoplastic non-fibrous backing layer with generally uniform internal structure and having front and rear major surfaces: and
- a sheet of longitudinally oriented fibers, said sheet having anchor portions of said sheet in the thermoplastic backing layer at spaced bonding locations along the backing, and having arcuate portions of said sheet protecting from the front surface of the backing between the bonding locations, the fibers in the anchor portions of the sheet of fibers being generally non-deformed and being bonded in the thermoplastic backing layer at said spaced bonding locations.
- 4. A disposable diaper according to claim 3 wherein said arcuate portions have a height from said backing of less than 0.64 centimeters (0.250 inch), and said fibers having a basis weight in the range of 5 to 200 grams per square meter measured along said front surface to provide sufficient open area between said fibers along said arcuate portions to afford ready engagement of said fibers along said arcuate portions by the hook portion of said fastener.
- 5. A disposable diaper according to claim 3 wherein said diaper includes an outer polymeric layer and said rear surface of said backing is adhered to said outer polymeric layer.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/142,190 filed Oct. 26, 1993, now abandoned, which application is a division of application Ser. No. 07/555,049 filed Jul. 18, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,256,231, which application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/517,409 filed Apr. 27, 1990 now abandoned, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/193,832 filed May 13, 1988, now abandoned. The content of patent application Ser. Nos. 07/517,409 and 07/193,832 are incorporated herein by reference.
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