Elastomeric laminate with activation thickness
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMark James Kline, Matthias Konrad Hippe, Tina Liebe, Jill Marlene Orr
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Abstract
A method for forming an elastomeric laminate includes the steps of providing a first coverstock material; SELF'ing the first coverstock material to create a pre-SELFed coverstock layer having a primary activation pattern comprising SELF-specific land areas; providing an elastomeric layer; and joining the elastomeric layer to the pre-SELFed layer at zero relative strain, such that the elastomeric layer and pre-SELFed coverstock layer are joined at one or more bonding sites.
Claims20
A method for forming an elastomeric laminate comprising the steps of:
- providing a first coverstock material;
- SELF'ing the first coverstock material to create a pre-SELFed coverstock layer having a primary activation pattern comprising SELF-specific land areas and deformed areas;
- providing an elastomeric layer;
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- joining the elastomeric layer at zero strain to the pre-SELFed layer in a relaxed state wherein the deformed areas exist, such that the elastomeric layer and pre-SELFed coverstock layer are joined at one or more bonding sites.
A method for forming an elastomeric laminate comprising the steps of:
- providing a first coverstock material;
- SELF'ing the first coverstock material to create a pre-SELFed coverstock layer having a primary activation pattern comprising SELF-specific land areas;
- providing an elastomeric layer;
- elongating one of the elastomeric layer and the pre-SELFed layer to form a strained layer such that strained layer comprises a greater strain than the other of elastomeric layer and the pre-SELFed layer;
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- joining the elastomeric layer to the pre-SELFed layer, such that the elastomeric layer and pre-SELFed coverstock layer are joined at one or more bonding sites and form a gathered laminate.
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