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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
Stephen C. Meyer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Alvin C. Jalonen, Appleton, WI (US);
Susan L. Bronk, Greenville, WI (US);
Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Duluth, GA (US);
Sjon-paul Lee Conyer, Westmoreland, TN (US);
Stephen C. Meyer, Woodstock, GA (US);
Alvin C. Jalonen, Appleton, WI (US);
Susan L. Bronk, Greenville, WI (US);
Prasad Shrikrishna Potnis, Duluth, GA (US);
Sjon-Paul Lee Conyer, Westmoreland, TN (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
An elastic laminate having an expandable facing layer, e.g., a nonwoven web with off-axis perforations, and an elastic film layer is produced to provide a preferential direction of extendability and retraction in the laminate. The elastic laminate is particularly useful as a waist area panel in disposable pant-like garments.