IMAGED NONWOVEN FABRICS IN HYGIENIC WIPE APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention is directed a nonwoven fabric which is imparted with a durable three-dimensional image or pattern during the fabrication stage. The three-dimensional image or pattern imparted into the structure of the nonwoven fabric results in a lofty material with capturing recesses or "pockets" which act to entrap and retain body surface contaminants. The three-dimensional image or pattern also results in a number of fibrous ends and loops which extend beyond the surface of the recesses or "pockets", which in turn, improve the nonwoven fabrics ability to effectively collect low viscosity contaminants from the surface of the skin to be cleaned.