Claims
- 1. A disposable personal care product comprising at least one web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers, the web having been heated and then necked so that it is adapted to stretch at least about 10 percent more than an identical untreated nonwoven web of meltblown fibers, whereby said web is characterized by a pore size distribution and mean flow pore size which are substantially unchanged by said heating and necking.
- 2. The disposable personal care product of claim 1 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers has a basis weight of from about 6 to about 400 grams per square meter.
- 3. The disposable personal care product of claim 1 wherein the meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers comprise a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyesters and polyamides.
- 4. The disposable personal care article of claim 3 wherein the polymer is a polyolefin and the polyolefin is selected from the group consisting of one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene, ethylene copolymers, propylene copolymers and butene copolymers.
- 5. The disposable personal care article of claim 22 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers further includes one or more secondary materials selected from the group consisting of textile fibers, wood pulp fibers, particulates and super-absorbent materials.
- 6. The disposable personal care product of claim 1 comprising at least one layer of the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers and at least one other layer.
- 7. The disposable personal care product of claim 6 wherein the other layer is selected from the group consisting of woven fabrics, knit fabrics, bonded carded webs, continuous spunbond filament webs, meltblown fiber webs, and combinations thereof.
- 8. The disposable personal care article of claim 1 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers is adapted to stretch from about 15 percent to about 60 percent and recover at least about 70 percent when stretched 60 percent.
- 9. The disposable personal care article of claim 8 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers is adapted to stretch from about 20 percent to about 30 percent and recover at least about 75 percent when stretched 30 percent.
- 10. The disposable personal care product of claim 1 which is an incontinence product.
- 11. The disposable personal care product of claim 1 which is a diaper.
- 12. An outer layer for disposable personal care products which is comfortable and conformable comprising at least one web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers, the web having been heated and then necked so that it is adapted to stretch at least about 10 percent more than an identical untreated nonwoven web of meltblown fibers, whereby said web is characterized by a pore size distribution and mean flow pore size which are substantially unchanged by said heating and necking.
- 13. A disposable diaper comprising a liner, an absorbent medium and a backing material wherein said backing material comprises at least one web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers, the web having been heated and then necked so that it is adapted to stretch at least about 10 percent more than an identical untreated nonwoven web of meltblown fibers, whereby said web is characterized by a pore size distribution and mean flow pore size which are substantially unchanged by said heating and necking and wherein said backing material is adapted to conform to a body of a wearer.
- 14. The disposable diaper of claim 13 wherein the meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers comprise a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyolefins, polyesters and polyamides.
- 15. The disposable diaper of claim 14 wherein the polymer is a polyolefin and the polyolefin is selected from the group consisting of one or more of polyethylene, polypropylene, polybutene, ethylene copolymers, propylene copolymers and butene copolymers.
- 16. The disposable diaper of claim 13 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers is adapted to stretch from about 15 percent to about 60 percent and recover at least about 70 percent when stretched 60 percent.
- 17. The disposable diaper of claim 16 wherein the web of non-elastomeric meltblown thermoplastic polymer fibers is adapted to stretch from about 20 percent to about 30 percent and recover at least about 75 percent when stretched 30 percent.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/164,652 entitled "STRETCHABLE MELTBLOWN FABRIC WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES" and filed in the U.S. Patent Trademark Office on Dec. 8, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,492,753 which is a file wrapper continuation of application Ser. No. 07/990,161 entitled "STRETCHABLE MELTBLOWN FABRIC WITH BARRIER PROPERTIES" and filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Dec. 14, 1992, and now abandoned.
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