US Patent Issued to Curt G. Joa on Oct. 7 for "Elastic entrapment with waist cap bonding" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,797, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Curt G. Joa Inc. (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.).

"Elastic entrapment with waist cap bonding" was invented by Jeffrey W. Fritz (Plymouth, Wis.) and David E. Schuette (Kiel, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic composite structure includes a first web layer comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion; a second web layer comprising a first portion and a second portion; and a plurality of elastic threads. The first portion of the first web layer is folded over and overlaps the second portion of the first web layer. The folded first portion of the first web layer is directly b...