US Patent Issued to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide on March 11 for "Elastic laminates with curved elastics and methods for manufacturing" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,925, issued on March 11, was assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc. (Neenah, Wis.).

"Elastic laminates with curved elastics and methods for manufacturing" was invented by Joseph D. Coenen (Kaukauna, Wis.), Ross T. Kaufman (Appleton, Wis.), Kelly D. Farmer (Neenah, Wis.) and Jerry L. Hameister (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Elasticated materials and articles comprising elasticated materials are disclosed. A method may comprise advancing first and second substrate materials and a stretched elastomeric strand in the machine direction. The method may further comprise advancing the first and the second substrate material...