Stretchable film laminates and methods and apparatus for making stretchable film laminates

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7329621
APP PUB NO 20040182499A1
SERIAL NO

10738644

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Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The stretchable film laminates may include a film layer bonded to the layer of elastomeric openwork, with the film layer having cross-directional stretch and the laminate having a multi-phase stretchability profile. The stretchable film laminates may be made by extruding a film from a die, stretching the film, forming and stretching a layer of elastomeric openwork, conveying the stretched elastomeric openwork onto the film while the film is stretched, and passing the film and the elastomeric openwork through a nip. The invention also includes a machine capable of producing machine-direction, cross-direction, and biaxial stretch materials. The machine includes at least one extruder, at least one filament die and at least one film die both attached to the extruder(s), and at least one nip downstream of the extruder(s).

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  • KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Collier, IV Leslie Warren Roswell, GA 7 430
Day, Bryon Paul Canton, GA 10 205
Fitts, Jr James Russell Gainesville, GA 10 456
Guirguis, Rasha Wafik Zaki Alpharetta, GA 4 106
Lake, Matthew Boyd Cumming, GA 12 319
Matela, David Michael Alpharetta, GA 17 719
May, Raymond Jeffrey Norcross, GA 7 306
Morell, Charles John Roswell, GA 16 467
Morman, Michael Tod Alpharetta, GA 57 2764
Neculescu, Cristian M Neenah, WI 41 1392
Palmer, Randall James Acworth, GA 5 262
Potnis, Prasad Shrikrishna Duluth, GA 18 666
Shawver, Susan Elaine Roswell, GA 31 1165
Sudduth, Gregory Todd Cumming, GA 12 506
Varriale, Monica Woodstock, GA 2 64
Zhou, Peiguang Appleton, WI 89 2269

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