Elasticated materials with directional stretch properties

An elasticated material extending in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, the elasticated material comprising:

• a first layer of material;
• a second layer of material bonded to the first layer of material by a plurality of quadrilateral bonds;
• a plurality of elastomeric strands extending in the lateral direction and disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction;
• a first region extending laterally between a first longitudinally extending edge and a second longitudinally extending edge, the first region comprising a portion of the first layer of material, a portion of the second layer of material, and at least one of the plurality of elastomeric strands, the first region further comprising a first subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds, each of the quadrilateral bonds of the first subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds having side portions which are angled with respect to the longitudinal direction, wherein the quadrilateral bonds of the first subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds are arranged such that the angled side portions of the first subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds are aligned along one or more first bond lines, and each of the one or more first bond lines forming a first angle with respect to the lateral direction;
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• a second region distinct from the first region and disposed between the first longitudinally extending edge and the second longitudinally extending edge and further disposed longitudinally above or longitudinally beneath the first region, the second region comprising a portion of the first layer of material, a portion of the second layer of material, and at least one of the plurality of elastomeric strands, the second region further comprising a second subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds, each of the quadrilateral bonds of the second subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds having side portions which are angled with respect to the longitudinal direction, wherein the quadrilateral bonds of the second subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds are arranged such that the angled side portions of the second subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds are aligned along one or more second bond lines, each of the one or more second bond lines forming a second angle with respect to the lateral direction,
• wherein the first angle is different from the second angle, and
• wherein at least some quadrilateral bonds of each of the first subset and the second subset of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds form bond pairs within each of the first region and the second region, such bond pairs comprising a first quadrilateral bond and a second quadrilateral bond where the first quadrilateral bond is disposed opposite the second quadrilateral bond on opposite sides of one of the plurality of elastomeric strands, the first quadrilateral bond further being spaced from the second quadrilateral bond a distance in the longitudinal direction less than an un-tensioned diameter of the one of the elastomeric strands.

An absorbent article extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction and having a body facing surface and a garment facing surface, the absorbent article further having a front region including a front edge, a crotch region, and a rear region including a rear edge and comprising:

• an outer cover material;
• a bodyside liner material;
• an absorbent body extending between an absorbent body front edge and an absorbent body rear edge, the absorbent body disposed between the outer cover material and the bodyside liner material;
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• a first elasticated material comprising:
• a first layer of material;
• a second layer of material bonded to the first layer of material by a plurality of quadrilateral bonds;
• a plurality of elastomeric strands extending in the lateral direction and disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction;
• wherein:
• a first quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds is disposed on a first side of a first elastomeric strand of the plurality of elastomeric strands and a second quadrilateral bond of the plurality of bonds is disposed opposite the first quadrilateral bond on a second side of the first elastomeric strand, the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the first elastomeric strand,
• the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond each have first longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same first longitudinal sides of the first and second quadrilateral bonds and second longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same second longitudinal sides of the first and quadrilateral second bonds,
• the first longitudinally extending side portion of the first quadrilateral bond forms a first angle with respect to the first side of the first elastomeric strand and the second longitudinally extending side portion of the second quadrilateral bond forms a second angle with respect to the second side of the first elastomeric strand, and
• the first angle is less than 90 degrees and second angle is greater than 90 degrees.