US5851935A
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Cross-directionally stretchable elastomeric fabric laminated by thermal spot bonding
Assignee: Fitesa Simpsonville Inc
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Filing: 1996-08-29
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Granted: 1998-12-22
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Expires: 2016-08-29
Abstract
Abstract An elastomeric laminated fabric which is elastic in the cross direction. The laminate includes an elastomeric film having one or two nonwoven webs of carded thermoplastic staple fibers thermally point bonded thereto using heated calendar rolls. The resulting laminated fabric is stretchable by at least 100% in the cross direction without breaking for at least two cycles and recovers elastically. The fiber content of the nonwoven webs is at least 50% high-elongation polyolefin staple fibers having a breaking strain of at least 400%.
Inventors
- 👤 Ramesh Srinivasan
- 👤 W. Andrew Coslett
- 👤 Angelo Colace
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:02
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/54; D04H1/559; B32B38/00; B32B38/0012; B32B2038/0028; B32B2250/00; B32B2250/03; B32B2250/40; B32B2250/44; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2262/0207; B32B2262/0215; B32B2262/0253; B32B2262/0261; B32B2262/04; B32B2262/06; B32B2262/062; B32B2270/00; B32B2274/00; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/50; B32B2307/51; B32B2307/514; B32B2307/54; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/732; B32B2555/00; B32B2555/02; B32B27/30; B32B27/302; B32B3/00; B32B3/26; B32B3/266; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/05; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/601; Y10T442/659; Y10T442/671; Y10T442/674; Y10T442/679
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
A laminated fabric comprising: a film of elastomeric material having a first melting temperature, said film having a multiplicity of spaced apertures; and first and second carded nonwoven webs sandwiching said film, each of said first and second carded nonwoven webs comprising substantially 100% of staple fibers made of a particular thermoplastic material having a second melting temperature higher than said first melting temperature, wherein thermoplastic fibers which overlap said apertures in said film are fused to each other across said apertures to form densified web portions, leaving undensified web portions consisting of unfused fibers in regions not overlapping said film apertures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
A laminated fabric comprising: a film of elastomeric material having a first melting temperature, said film having a multiplicity of spaced apertures; and first and second carded nonwoven webs sandwiching said film, each of said first and second carded nonwoven webs comprising substantially 100% of staple fibers made of a particular thermoplastic material having a second melting temperature higher than said first melting temperature, wherein thermoplastic fibers which overlap said apertures in said film are fused to each other across said apertures to form densified web portions, leaving undensified web portions consisting of unfused fibers in regions not overlapping said film apertures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The laminated fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said particular thermoplastic material is polypropylene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The laminated fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said staple fibers have a break elongation in excess of 400%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The laminated fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said elastomeric material is a styrene block copolymer blend.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
The laminated fabric as defined in claim 1, wherein said film has a gauge in a range of 0.5-5.0 mils.
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