Method for construction of mechanical fastening tapes

• Main Authors: EHLERT; THOMAS DAVID, MCNICHOLS; PATRICK SEAN, DILNIK; REBECCA LYN, SNYDER; MICHAEL A, HEINDEL; TIMOTHY RAYMOND, LEVEILLE; ROBERT JOHN, PENNINGS; SCOTT LEE, LEAK; ALLEN TODD, SERBIAK; PAUL JOHN, SIEBERS; BRUCE MICHAEL, PETERSON; KATHLEEN ANN, JANSSEN; TIM JOSEPH, MLEZIVA; MARK MICHAEL, WILLIAMS; SCOTT LESLIE, ZEHNER; GEORGIA LYNN, VOGT; ROBERT EUGENE, HEIN; JOHN GERARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 12.08.1997
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; 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; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROSTHESES; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.