Berry Film Products Company, Inc.

Clopay Plastic Products Company, Inc.

Jerry W Ford

Leopoldo V Cancio

Frank Eschenbacher

Breathable, thermoplastic films, laminates, and methods of making films having a basis weight less than or equal to 15 gsm and a water vapor transmission rate of at least about 500 grams HO/24-hour/m, wherein the film has a ratio of the MD load at break to the CD load at break of less than about 10, and at least one of a machine-direction notched Elmendorf tear strength of at least about 5 g or a machine-direction notched trapezoidal tear strength of at least about 15 g.

Breathable and microporous thin thermoplastic film

Breathable, thermoplastic films, laminates, and methods of making films having a basis weight less than or equal to 15 gsm and a water vapor transmission rate of at least about 500 grams HO/24-hour/m, wherein the film has a ratio of the MD load at break to the CD load at break of less than about 10, and at least one of a machine direction notched Elmendorf tear strength of at least about 5 g or a machine direction notched trapezoidal tear strength of at least about 15 g, are disclosed.

A wetness indicating polymeric film and method of making the film is provided. The method includes feeding a polymer film into a flexographic printing apparatus; printing at least one wetness indicator ink onto a first side of the perforated polymer; and perforating the polymer film by forming a plurality of apertures or enlarged micropores that extend from the first side to the second side. The apertures or enlarged micropores permit a sufficient quantity of an aqueous liquid to pass from the second side through the perforated polymer film to the first side. Upon contact, the aqueous liquid reacts with the wetness indicator ink to cause a color change visible by an unaided human eye. In an absorbent article including the inventive film as a backsheet, the total amount of liquid that passes through the backsheet is negligible and the barrier properties of the backsheet as a whole are not compromised.

Printed wetness and health indicators on absorbent articles and methods of making same

A method of printing a repeating pattern on a web of an extensible material by providing a web of an extensible material, determining an adjusted print repeat length profile for a repeating pattern to be printed on the web of material; and printing a repeating pattern on a surface of the extensible material, the repeating pattern comprising printed indicia which is repeated along the length of the web, such that the print repeat length of the printed indicia varies along the length of the web in accordance with the adjusted print repeat length profile.

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Alexandria, KY, United States of America

Jerry W Ford