US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on July 15 for "Zoned elastic film and laminates comprising the same" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,272, issued on July 15, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Zoned elastic film and laminates comprising the same" was invented by Jose Augusto Vidal De Siqueira (Roswell, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for an elastic film comprising a machine direction (MD) and a cross-machine direction (CD) wherein a first MD orientated zone comprises a first polymer composition which comprises of a first melt strength and a first width dimension. The film also comprises a second MD orientated zone disposed immediately adjacent to the first MD orientated zone in the CD and comprises a sec...