US Patent Issued to KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE on Dec. 9 for "Non-stretch bonded elastic with elastic net" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,698, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Non-stretch bonded elastic with elastic net" was invented by Peiguang Zhou (Appleton, Wis.), WanDuk Lee (Appleton, Wis.) and Davis Dang H. Nhan (Menasha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate having a cross-machine direction (CD) and a machine direction (MD) includes a core structure having a first surface and a second surface, an elastic net that is elastic in the CD, and a plastic film; and a nonwoven first facing layer affixed to the first surface. A method for producing a laminate includes providing an elastic net layer and a plastic fil...