Nonwoven fibrous hydraulically entangled elastic coform material andmethod of formation thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Nonwoven fibrous elastomeric web material including, absorbent webs and fabric web material and methods of, forming the same, are disclosed. The elastomeric web material is a hydraulically entangled coform or admixture of (1) meltblown fibers, such as elastic meltblown fibers and (2) pulp fibers and/or staple fibers and/or meltblown fibers and/or continuous filaments, with or without particulate material; such coform can be hydraulically entangled by itself or with other materials, including e.g. super, absorbent particulate material. The use of meltblown fibers facilitates the hydraulic entangling, resulting in a high degree of entanglement and enabling the use of shorter staple or pulp …