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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Lindsay C. Shelley, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas Brock, Woodstock, GA (US);
Joy Francine Jordan, Marietta, GA (US);
Renette Richard, Atlanta, GA (US);
Christian Sanders, Decatur, GA (US);
Eric Scott Kepner, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jared Lockwood Martin, Cumming, GA (US);
Wing-chak NG, Suwanee, GA (US);
Lindsay C. Shelley, Atlanta, GA (US);
Thomas Brock, Woodstock, GA (US);
Joy Francine Jordan, Marietta, GA (US);
Renette Richard, Atlanta, GA (US);
Christian Sanders, Decatur, GA (US);
Eric Scott Kepner, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jared Lockwood Martin, Cumming, GA (US);
Wing-Chak Ng, Suwanee, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of producing a laminate material includes the steps of providing a first flexible sheet material; providing a second flexible sheet material having a first surface and a second surface, and also having a first width of 1×; stretching the second flexible sheet material in a cross-machine direction to a second width of between about 1.2× and 3× when in a flattened state; necking the second flexible sheet material to produce an accordion shape, thereby reducing the second width of the sheet material to a third width, less than the width of the first width, such that the third width is between 0.65× to 0.975× when in an accordion shape; applying adhesive to the first surface of the second flexible sheet material with a slot coat adhesive process; and joining the first flexible sheet material to the first surface of the second flexible sheet material.