LEG AND FLAP ELASTIC COMPOSITE FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

• Main Authors: SPERL, MICHAEL, DONALD, STANKEWICZ, DAVID, KYLE, ENGELHART, DARIN, ALLEN, DUHM, DANIEL, MARK, DEBROUX, JEFFREY, ALAN, SCHERMERHORN, JAMES, RICHARD, GILGENBACH, ANITA, MARIE-NANETTE, LOHOFF, MICHAEL, LEE, QUELLA, KENNETH, JAMES, TENORIO, LUIS, ALBERTO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 23.10.2013
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A method of manufacturing a leg and flap elastics composite for use in an absorbent article includes joining a leg elastic member to a web moving in a machine direction. A flap elastic member is joined to the web and spaced from the leg elastic member. The web is fed to a chopper assembly wherein portions of the leg and flap elastic members are rendered less elastic at spaced-apart intervals to define deadened portions of the leg and flap elastic members.