Abstract: The heat-embossed, fastening non-woven fabric of the present invention comprises, as at least one component, core-sheath or side-by-side heat-fusing composite staple fibers having a low-melting polymer component on a fiber surface, wherein a front surface of the non-woven fabric comprises a non-embossed portion and an embossed portion, the non-embossed portion being a large number of regularly or irregularly dispersed convex island regions upwardly projecting from the front surface, the embossed portion being a sea region surrounding each island region, and at least one end of the composite staple fibers in the non-embossed portion that constitute the convex island regions being press- and heat-anchored at the embossed portion that constitute the sea region. The non-woven fabric of the present invention is thin and flexible, and can be used as a cost-effective loop fastener member suitable for disposable products.

Abstract: A laminated nonwoven fabric having excellent bulkiness, softness and strength without cleavage of plys and fluff of fibers on the surface thereof which comprises a web mainly composed of a fiber having a high melting point or being hardly softened or molten (laminate ply A), and one or more webs mainly composed of a thermoplastic fiber which soften or melt more easily than the fiber of the laminate ply A (laminate ply B), said ply B being integrally bound to said ply A by steric entanglement of both fibers composing the plys A and B as well as partial softening or melting of the fibers composing the ply B. The laminated nonwoven fabric is produced by subjecting a laminated web made of different kinds of fibers to a fluid injection entangling treatment and then a dry heat treatment.