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US 12,485,045 B2Granted
Wearable article comprising an elastic laminate
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsRodrigo Rosati, Zheng Bao, Koichi Morimoto, Lu Ye, Nancy Myers, Gueltekin Erdem
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Abstract
Wearable article comprising an elastic laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The elastic laminate comprises a first web and a second web. The second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, which are integrally combined with each other. The second fibrous layer may be more hydrophilic than the first fibrous layer, and/or the second fibrous layer may have higher average surface area per volume than the first fibrous layer.
Claims20
A wearable article comprising an elastic laminate, the elastic laminate comprising
- a first web and a second web being in a face to face relationship,
- wherein each of the first and second web are comprised by the complete surface area of the elastic laminate,
- wherein the first web is a nonwoven web, and
- wherein the second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer,
- a) wherein the second fibrous layer is more hydrophilic than the first fibrous layer;
- and/or
- b) the second fibrous layer has higher average surface area per volume than the first fibrous layer,
- wherein the first and second fibrous layer are integrally combined with each other, and wherein at least some of the fibers of the second fibrous layer interpenetrate the fibers of the first fibrous layer, the first fibrous layer forming a first surface of the second web and the second fibrous layer forming a second surface of the second web,
- wherein the second surface faces towards the first web and the first surface faces away from the first web.
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