The present invention is directed to surgical disposable drapes and gowns 10 having desirable flexibility, foldability, absorbency, and breathability characteristics incorporating clustered nonwoven laminates. Film layer 12 and nonwoven web layer 14 are secured together by spaced, unbonded adhesive clusters 16. Each adhesive cluster includes perimeterless groupings of discrete spaced adhesive droplets 18. The present invention also provides a method and modified apparatus for making cluster bonded laminates.
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