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Breathable elastic film and laminate

US5932497A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 15, 1997
Grant dateAug 3, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/3854
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A soft, breathable elastic laminate of an elastic film loaded with a filler having a particle size suitable for pore formation and stretched in at least two directions to form a plurality of micropores bonded to a nonwoven web. In accordance with one embodiment, the elastic film is water vapor impermeable prior to being stretched.

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