IP Library Granted Patent US 7,351,297
Granted Patent B2
US 7,351,297 · App. 10/945,104 · Granted Apr 1, 2008

Composite elastic web

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Patent No.
US 7,351,297
App. No.
10/945,104
Granted
Apr 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for producing a composite web includes supplying two or more webs to an activation mechanism, where the webs are in an unbonded state relative to each other. The method further entails simultaneously activating the webs while they are in a face to face relationship and in an unbonded state, and then bonding the webs to form a composite web.

Claims (11)

1. A method for producing a composite web comprising:

(i) supplying two or more webs together in face to face relationships into a means for stretching the webs, where the webs are in an unbonded state relative to each other;

(ii) stretching the two or more webs together until breakage of inter fiber bonds occur while the webs are in face to face relationship and in an unbonded state to induce softness to produce activated and non bonded webs; and

(iii) bonding the activated and non bonded webs together in a face to face relationship with a bonding means to form a composite web.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the means for stretching comprises two or more rolls with intermeshing gears.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bonding means comprises a means selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, adhesive bonding, point bonding, mechanical bonding, ultrasonic bonding, solvent bonding, and combinations thereof.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein bonding takes place in the nip between two of the intermeshing gear rolls.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein bonding takes place after the webs have been stretched, and wherein bonding takes place in the nip between a nip roll and one of the intermeshing gear rolls by applying a force against the teeth of the intermeshing gear roll by the nip roll through the webs, the force being sufficient to form bonds between the webs that are in contact with each other.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the webs is a nonwoven web.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the webs is a perforated film.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the webs is an elastic film.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS LLC
To: FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 054984/0795 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2020
From: TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS CORPORATION
To: TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS LLC
Reel/Frame 052521/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2004
From: MIDDLESWORTH, JEFFREY ALAN; CHUNG, TZE WAN PANSY; BRUCE, STEPHEN D.; PEACOCK, ANDREW JAMES
To: TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015817/0376 →