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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
L Warren Collier, IV, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Steven R Stopper, Doraville, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428288 ; 428224 ; 428283 ; 428903 ; 524505 ;
Abstract
An elastic nonwoven web is formed from elastic fibers composed of a blend of (1) a styrene-poly(ethylenepropylene)-styrene thermoplastic elastomeric block copolymer or a mixture of a styrene-poly(ethylenepropylene)-styrene elastomeric block copolymer and a styrene-poly(ethylene-butylene)-styrene elastomeric block copolymer, and (2) a tackifying resin in which the elastic nonwoven web has a stress relaxation of less than about 30 percent. The blend used to form the elastic nonwoven web and/or elastic fibers may also include a polyolefin and an extending oil.