12.11.19
Robert E. Andrews, Sheboygan, WI; Jeff W. Fritz, Plymouth, WI; John A. McCabe, Sheboygan Falls, WI; Noel Horneck, Glenbeulah, WI; Anthony A. Nelson, New Holstein, WI; and Daniel Van Dyke, Sheboygan, WI.
Assigned to Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Filed: 6/21/12
Issued: 10/29/19
A method of creating a disposable product, the method comprising: providing an extension panel web; coupling tapes to a first edge and a second edge of said extension panel web; folding said tapes over said first and second edges of said extension panel web; bonding said extension panel web to a stretch laminate web at a first portion of said stretch laminate web and a second portion of said stretch laminate web to form a combination web; slitting and spreading said combination web in a machine direction into first and second combination webs; slitting said first and second combination webs in a cross-machine direction into first and second discrete combination web portions; providing a side panel web having a top edge and a bottom edge; intermittently coupling said first discrete combination web portion to said top edge of said side panel web; intermittently coupling said second discrete combination web portion to said bottom edge of said side panel web; folding said first and said second discrete combination web portions over said top and bottom edges of side panel web; slitting and spreading said side panel web into a top side panel portion and a bottom side panel portion; removing a portion of said side panel web from said top side panel portion between said discrete combination web portions; removing a portion of said side panel web from said bottom side panel portion between said discrete combination web portions; subsequently providing a chassis assembly having a top side portion and a bottom side portion; intermittently coupling said top side panel portion to said top side of said chassis assembly; intermittently coupling said bottom side panel portion to said bottom side portion of said chassis assembly; and cutting said chassis assembly and said side panel portions in the cross-machine direction adjacently to said discrete combination web portions to create a single product.
Assigned to Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI.
Filed: 6/21/12
Issued: 10/29/19
A method of creating a disposable product, the method comprising: providing an extension panel web; coupling tapes to a first edge and a second edge of said extension panel web; folding said tapes over said first and second edges of said extension panel web; bonding said extension panel web to a stretch laminate web at a first portion of said stretch laminate web and a second portion of said stretch laminate web to form a combination web; slitting and spreading said combination web in a machine direction into first and second combination webs; slitting said first and second combination webs in a cross-machine direction into first and second discrete combination web portions; providing a side panel web having a top edge and a bottom edge; intermittently coupling said first discrete combination web portion to said top edge of said side panel web; intermittently coupling said second discrete combination web portion to said bottom edge of said side panel web; folding said first and said second discrete combination web portions over said top and bottom edges of side panel web; slitting and spreading said side panel web into a top side panel portion and a bottom side panel portion; removing a portion of said side panel web from said top side panel portion between said discrete combination web portions; removing a portion of said side panel web from said bottom side panel portion between said discrete combination web portions; subsequently providing a chassis assembly having a top side portion and a bottom side portion; intermittently coupling said top side panel portion to said top side of said chassis assembly; intermittently coupling said bottom side panel portion to said bottom side portion of said chassis assembly; and cutting said chassis assembly and said side panel portions in the cross-machine direction adjacently to said discrete combination web portions to create a single product.