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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2003
Jeffrey Alan Middlesworth, Wauconda, IL (US);
Tze Wan Pansy Chung, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
Stephen D. Bruce, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
James D. Tribble, Brazil, IN (US);
Jeffrey Alan Middlesworth, Wauconda, IL (US);
Tze Wan Pansy Chung, Fox River Grove, IL (US);
Stephen D. Bruce, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
James D. Tribble, Brazil, IN (US);
Tredegar Film Products Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing composite webs and composite webs made thereby in which the web includes a perforated thermoplastic film and one or more nonwoven webs. The method provides a perforated thermoplastic film, a creped nonwoven web, the webs are fed in a face to face relationship to be bonded. The perforated thermoplastic film and the creped nonwoven web are bonded in a face to face relationship at a plurality of points of contact such that the creped structure of the nonwoven web is maintained and the composite web has a nonwoven face and a film face. The composite webs are extensible at least in the direction of the creping.