Nonwoven fabrics and methods of making the same

Claim 1

A FABRIC OF NONWOVEN WEBS OF INDIVIDUALIZED TEXTILE FIBERS INTERMITTENTLY BONDED TOGETHER IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN OF SPACED BINDER AREAS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID WEBS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF NONACTIVATING FIBERS AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER OF SAID WEBS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF ACTIVATING FIBERS HAVING A FIBER LENGTH GREATER THAN THE SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT BINDER AREAS, SAID FABRIC BEING CHARACTERIZED BY A SERIES OF BUCKLED SECTIONS AND CONCOMITANT TROUGH SECTIONS WHICH IMPART A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EFFECT TO THE FABRIC, SAID TROUGH SECTIONS REPRESENTING THE BINDER AREAS WHEREIN SAID FIBERS ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE PLANE OF THE FABRIC, AND SAID BUCKLED SECTIONS REPRESENTING THE UNBONDED AREAS OF THE FABRIC WHEREIN THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFUSED WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER TO PROVIDE VARYING FIBER DENSITY BETWEEN THE PLANE OF THE FABRIC AND THE VERTEX OF SAID BUCKLED SECTION, SAID FABRIC HAVING IMPROVED BULK AND FULL-BODIED HAND.