Abstract: A non-woven fabric is characterized by including a filament layer in which one or more continuous filaments composed of a polymeric material are spirally collected substantially along a shape obtained by offsetting an ellipse having an elongated major axis in a plane. This non-woven fabric can be obtained by spinning a filament composed of a polymeric material, vibrating the filament, amplifying vibration of the filament, and collecting the filament into an elliptic shape having an elongated major axis so that the filament is arranged in a direction of the major axis.

Abstract: A non-woven fabric having a strength which is comparable to the strength of woven fabric and a method of making such non-woven fabric are disclosed. The non-woven fabric has a laminated structure composed of a warp web of random-laid non-woven fabric stretched lengthwise and hence having a greater strength in the lengthwise direction than in the transverse direction, and a weft web of random-laid non-woven fabric stretched transversely and hence having a greater strength in the transverse direction than in the lengthwise direction. Filaments constituting each of the warp and weft webs are substantially free from molecular orientation and extendible at least two times the original length before the web is stretched. Upon stretching of the web, the un-oriented filaments are substantially stretched to thereby cause molecular orientation therein.