Apertured elastic member

US7087289B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• See Aun Soon · Eschborn, DE
• Jörg Müller · Karben, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 1, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 8, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 21, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/24322
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apertured elastic member having a first direction, a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a substantially constant thickness dimension. The apertures are aligned in a pattern of rows substantially parallel to the first direction. A nonapertured region extends uninterrupted between adjacent rows of apertures parallel to the first direction. The member has a plurality of repeating units, each having substantially the same amount of material everywhere along the repeating unit in a direction parallel to the second direction.