The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2016
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Neal C. Rothwell, Bury, GB;
Peter J. Bugeja, Bolton, GB;
Thomas J. Gilbert, St. Paul, MN (US);
Timothy J. Diekmann, Maplewood, MN (US);
Mark A. Peltier, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Ryan M. Luepke, New Brighton, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method of increasing a width of a polymeric netting is disclosed. The method includes providing a polymeric netting having a length in a machine direction and running the polymeric netting in the machine direction onto a stretchable surface. The polymeric netting is in contact with the stretchable surface for a path length in the machine direction, and for at least a portion of the path length, the stretchable surface is stretching in the cross-machine direction. The traction between the polymeric netting and the stretchable surface during the stretching increases the width of at least a portion of the polymeric netting in the cross-machine direction.