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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary L Goggans, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Cherie H Everhart, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Stephen O Chester, Woodstock, GA (US);
J Eric Frost, Roswell, GA (US);
Monica V Ozbirn, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Roswell, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 68 ; 5500 ; 428152 ; 428182 ; 428184 ; 428186 ; 428198 ; 428284 ; 428287 ; 428296 ; 428298 ; 428299 ; 428326 ; 428340 ; 428903 ;
Abstract
An elastic pad which is elastic in at least one direction, includes an elastic sheet having at least one nonelastic nonwoven web joined thereto at least at two areas. The nonelastic web is gathered between the two areas. The sheet may be formed from a polyetherester and the nonelastic nonwoven web may be a web of spunlaced hydraulically entangled polyester fibers. The nonelastic nonwoven web may also include rayon or wood pulp fibers.