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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 1999
John Joseph Curro, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Anneka M. Kaminski, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michele Ann Mansfield, Cincinnati, OH (US);
George Christopher Dobrin, Mason, OH (US);
Jianbin Zhang, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to a porous, macroscopically-expanded, three-dimensional, elastomeric web suitable for use in disposable absorbent articles such as bandages, diapers and pull-up diaper training pants, as well as a method for making the web. In a preferred embodiment the web has a continuous first surface and a discontinuous second surface remote front first surface. In a preferred embodiment the elastomeric web exhibits a multiplicity of primary apertures in the first surface of the web, the primary apertures being defined in the plane of the first surface by a continuous network of interconnecting members. Each interconnecting member exhibits an upwardly concave-shaped cross-section along its length. The interconnecting members terminate substantially concurrently with one another to form a secondary aperture in the plane of the second surface of the web.