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US 12,433,797 · App. 16/947,236 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Elastic entrapment with waist cap bonding

Inventors: Jeffrey W. Fritz (Plymouth, WI); David E. Schuette (Kiel, WI)
Assignee: Curt G. Joa, Inc.
A61F13/15577A61F13/4902B32B5/022A61F2013/49025B32B2555/02
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Patent No.
US 12,433,797
App. No.
16/947,236
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An elastic composite structure includes a first web layer comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion; a second web layer comprising a first portion and a second portion; and a plurality of elastic threads. The first portion of the first web layer is folded over and overlaps the second portion of the first web layer. The folded first portion of the first web layer is directly bonded to one of the second portion of the first web layer and the first portion of the second web layer. A first portion of the plurality of elastic threads is constrained between the folded first portion of the first web layer and the second portion of the first web layer absent adhesive. The third portion is directly bonded to the second portion of the second web layer and traps a second portion of the plurality of elastic threads therebetween.

Claims (29)

1. A method of forming an elastic composite structure comprising:

providing a first web layer comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion;

threading a plurality of elastic threads adjacently to the second and third portions of the first web layer;

folding the first portion of the first web layer over the second portion of the first web layer;

upon folding the first portion of the first web layer over the second portion of the first web layer, providing a second web layer over the first web layer;

simultaneously bonding the folded first portion of the first web layer to the second portion of the first web layer and the third portion of the first web layer to the second web layer;

wherein a first portion of the plurality of elastic threads is trapped between the first and second portions of the first web layer absent adhesive;

wherein a second portion of the plurality of elastic threads is trapped between the third portion of the first web layer and the second web layer;

wherein the second web layer completely covers the second portion of the plurality of elastic threads and not the first portion of the plurality of elastic threads;

wherein the folded first portion of the first web layer is bonded to the second portion of the first web layer around each of the first portion of the plurality of elastic threads; and

wherein the third portion of the first web layer is bonded to the second web layer around each of the second portion of the plurality of elastic threads.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the plurality of elastic threads is trapped between the third portion of the first web layer and the second web layer absent adhesive.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein bonding the folded first portion of the first web comprises ultrasonically bonding the folded first portion of the first web to the second portion of the first web layer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of elastic threads over the second portion of the first web layer are completely covered by the folded first portion of the first web layer.

5. A method of forming an elastic composite structure comprising:

providing a first web layer comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion;

threading a plurality of elastic threads adjacently to the second and third portions of the first web layer;

folding the first portion of the first web layer over the second portion of the first web layer;

upon folding the first portion of the first web layer over the second portion of the first web layer, providing a second web layer over the folded first portion of the first web layer, the second portion of the first web layer, and the third portion of the first web layer;

simultaneously bonding the folded first portion of the first web to the second portion of the first web layer, the folded first portion of the first web to a first portion of the second web layer, and the third portion of the first web to a second portion of the second web layer;

wherein a first portion of the plurality of elastic threads is trapped between the first and second portions of the first web layer absent adhesive, and wherein the folded first portion of the first web layer is bonded to the second portion of the first web layer around each of the first portion of the plurality of elastic threads;

wherein a second portion of the plurality of elastic threads is trapped between the third portion of the first web layer and the second portion of the second web layer absent adhesive; and

wherein the first portion of the second web layer is bonded to folded first portion of the first web.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

positioning the first portion of the second web layer to overlap the folded first portion of the first web layer;

bonding the first portion of the second web layer directly to the folded first portion of the first web layer; and

bonding the folded first portion of the first web layer directly to the second portion of the first web layer.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein bonding the folded first portion of the first web comprises ultrasonically bonding the folded first portion of the first web to the one of the second portion of the first web layer and the first portion of the second web layer.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of elastic threads over the second portion of the first web layer are completely covered by the folded first portion of the first web layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2020
From: FRITZ, JEFFREY W.; SCHUETTE, DAVID E.
To: CURT G. JOA, INC.
Reel/Frame 053300/0572 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62895645 · Sep 4, 2019
Related Publication 20210059866A1 · Mar 4, 2021
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