POLYMERIC WEB EXHIBITING SOFT AND SILKY TACTILE IMPRESSION HAVING A DECORATIVE EMBOSSED SURFACE

摘要

A soft, silky, cloth-like polymeric web exhibiting either patterns of microapertured or microbubbled surface aberrations,said webs further including a containing visually discernible pattern which imparts an embossed appearance to at least one sur-face thereof. Such polymeric webs may be either fluid-pervious or fluid-impervious, as desired, depending upon the particularend use. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the visually discernible pattern comprises a regularly repeating pattern whichimparts an improved aesthetic appearance to the webs. Method and apparatus for producing such polymeric webs are also dis-closed.