08.14.24
Joseph D. Coenen, Kaukauna, WI; Ross T. Kaufman, Appleton, WI; Kelly D. Farmer, Neenah, WI; and Jerry L Hameister, Neenah, WI.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/10/20
Issued: 6/4/24
An elasticated material extending in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, the elasticated material comprising: a first layer of material; a second layer of material bonded to the first layer of material by a plurality of quadrilateral bonds; a plurality of elastomeric strands extending in the lateral direction and disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction; wherein: a first quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds is disposed on a first side of a first elastomeric strand of the plurality of elastomeric strands and a second quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds is disposed opposite the first quadrilateral bond on a second side of the first elastomeric strand, the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the first elastomeric strand, the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond each have first longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same first longitudinal sides of the first and second quadrilateral bonds and second longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same second longitudinal sides of the first and second quadrilateral bonds, the first longitudinally extending side portion of the first quadrilateral bond forms a first angle with respect to the lateral direction and the second longitudinally extending side portion of the second quadrilateral bond forms a second angle with respect to the lateral direction, a third quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds and a fourth quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds each having first longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same first longitudinal sides of the third and fourth quadrilateral bonds and second longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same second longitudinal sides of the third and fourth quadrilateral bonds, the third quadrilateral bond and the fourth quadrilateral bond being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the first elastomeric strand, the first longitudinally extending side portion of the third quadrilateral bond forms a third angle with respect to the lateral direction, the second longitudinally extending side portion of the fourth quadrilateral bond forms a fourth angle with respect to the lateral direction, and the first angle is different from the third angle.
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI.
Filed: 2/10/20
Issued: 6/4/24
An elasticated material extending in a lateral direction and a longitudinal direction, the elasticated material comprising: a first layer of material; a second layer of material bonded to the first layer of material by a plurality of quadrilateral bonds; a plurality of elastomeric strands extending in the lateral direction and disposed between the first layer of material and the second layer of material and spaced apart in the longitudinal direction; wherein: a first quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds is disposed on a first side of a first elastomeric strand of the plurality of elastomeric strands and a second quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds is disposed opposite the first quadrilateral bond on a second side of the first elastomeric strand, the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the first elastomeric strand, the first quadrilateral bond and the second quadrilateral bond each have first longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same first longitudinal sides of the first and second quadrilateral bonds and second longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same second longitudinal sides of the first and second quadrilateral bonds, the first longitudinally extending side portion of the first quadrilateral bond forms a first angle with respect to the lateral direction and the second longitudinally extending side portion of the second quadrilateral bond forms a second angle with respect to the lateral direction, a third quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds and a fourth quadrilateral bond of the plurality of quadrilateral bonds each having first longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same first longitudinal sides of the third and fourth quadrilateral bonds and second longitudinally extending side portions disposed on the same second longitudinal sides of the third and fourth quadrilateral bonds, the third quadrilateral bond and the fourth quadrilateral bond being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction by a distance less than an un-tensioned diameter of the first elastomeric strand, the first longitudinally extending side portion of the third quadrilateral bond forms a third angle with respect to the lateral direction, the second longitudinally extending side portion of the fourth quadrilateral bond forms a fourth angle with respect to the lateral direction, and the first angle is different from the third angle.
