D04H1/43918

ARTIFICIAL DOWN FILLING MATERIAL

An artificial down filling material comprising artificial down clusters, wherein each of the down clusters comprise a number of filaments arranged side by side in a bundle, the filaments being bonded, preferably melt bonded, together at a bonding location, wherein the filaments are self-crimped, multi-component filaments, the cross-section of the multi-component filament having at least three corners.