Nonwoven fabric and product obtained using same

Abstract

A nonwoven fabric that is excellent in permeability and absorbency of a highly viscous liquid, and can further reduce wetback of the liquid and has flexible drape, and a product obtained using the same. The nonwoven fabric is obtained using thermobondable fibers, in which non-thermobonded regions where no thermobonding is performed at intersections of the fibers, and thermobonded regions where thermobonding is performed at the intersections of the fibers alternately exist on a surface of the nonwoven fabric, and the non-thermobonded regions exist in a dispersed manner in a dot form, or continuously or intermittently exist in a linear form, and thermobonding is performed at the intersections thereof without causing compression flattening in the fibers in the thermobonded regions.

1 . A nonwoven fabric, obtained using thermobondable fibers, in which non-thermobonded regions where no thermobonding is performed at intersections of the fibers, and thermobonded regions where thermobonding is performed at the intersections of the fibers alternately exist on a surface of the nonwoven fabric, wherein the non-thermobonded regions exist in a dispersed manner in a dot form, or continuously or intermittently exist in a linear form, and thermobonding is performed at the intersections of the fibers without causing compression flattening in the fibers in the thermobonded regions. 
     
     
         2 . The nonwoven fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the non-thermobonded region is smaller than a thickness of the thermobonded region in a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric. 
     
     
         3 . A product, obtained using the nonwoven fabric according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         4 . A product, obtained using the nonwoven fabric according to  claim 2 .