Patent · US Expired

Extensible laminate having improved stretch properties and method for making same

US7320948B2 · kind B2 · utility

26Cited by
104References
46Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 2002
Grant dateJan 22, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/679
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An extensible laminate having improved set and hysteresis is disclosed. The extensible laminate includes an extensible nonwoven web laminated to an elastomeric sheet that have been mechanically stretched in the cross direction after lamination. A method for making the extensible laminate includes laminating an extensible nonwoven web to an elastomeric sheet to form a laminate and mechanically stretching the laminate in a cross direction by at least about 50 percent.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.