Garment including an elastomeric composite laminate
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPeiguang Zhou, Cristian M. Neculescu, Lance J. Garrett JR.
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Abstract
A garment including an elastomeric composite laminate around one or more openings for the legs, arms, waist, neck, or the like of a wearer. The garment includes a substrate defining the one or more openings, and an elastomeric composite laminate attached to the substrate adjacent the one or more openings. The elastomeric composite laminate includes reinforcement strands incorporated into an elastomeric adhesive film. In one embodiment, the garment is a pant-like garment with the elastomeric composite laminate adjacent each of the leg openings.
Claims30
A garment having at least one opening for a body part, the garment comprising:
- a substrate defining the at least one opening;
- and
- an elastomeric composite attaching a facing sheet to the substrate adjacent the at least one opening, the elastomeric composite including a plurality of extruded elastic strands adhered to an elastomeric adhesive film.
A pant-like garment comprising:
- a chassis including a substrate and defining a waist opening and two leg openings;
- and
- an elastomeric composite attaching a facing sheet to the substrate adjacent each of the leg openings, the elastomeric composite including a plurality of extruded elastic strands adhered to an elastomeric adhesive film.
A pant-like garment comprising:
- a chassis including a substrate and defining a waist opening and two leg openings;
- and
- an elastomeric composite attaching a facing sheet to the substrate adjacent each of the leg openings, the elastomeric composite including a plurality of extruded elastic strands at least partially embedded in an elastomeric adhesive film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.