| abstract |
A material or fabrics coated with perforated film and a process for making the nonwoven material or fabric covered with film are provided. A layer of nonwoven material is formed and coated with extrusion with a polymer film to form a film coated nonwoven material, the film coated nonwoven material includes a film layer having a thickness no greater than about 0.30 thousandths inch A plurality of openings can be formed in at least the film layer to form the perforated film coated nonwoven material. In the alternate embodiments of this invention, a plurality of "spout" or "cone" may be formed in the film layer having an opening in a "valley" formed between adjacent peaks or cones. |