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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2003
Oomman Painumoottil Thomas, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Glen Thomas Mildenhall, Marietta, GA (US);
Alexander J. Neeb, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Susan Carol Paul, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Oomman Painumoottil Thomas, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Glen Thomas Mildenhall, Marietta, GA (US);
Alexander J. Neeb, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Susan Carol Paul, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Tamara Lee Mace, Doraville, GA (US);
Arthur Edward Garavaglia, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An elastic laminate is provided which has an elastic layer and one or two outer facing layers. The elastic layer is formed from an improved styrene-(ethylene-butylene)-styrene-(ethylene-butylene) tetrablock copolymer, or a blend of the copolymer. The copolymer has a number average molecular weight of at least about 70,000. The two ethylene-butylene blocks have number average molecular weights which together constitute more than 75% of the number average molecular weight of the copolymer.