US Patent Issued to The Procter & Gamble on July 15 for "Methods and apparatuses for assembling elastic laminates with a rotating roll and removable layer" (Ohio, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,269, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Methods and apparatuses for assembling elastic laminates with a rotating roll and removable layer" was invented by Todd Douglas Lenser (Liberty Township, Ohio), Justin B. Owens (Ft. Thomas, Ky.) and Jeffry Rosiak (Loveland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for ultrasonically bonding elastic laminates is provided. The method includes attaching a removable shell layer to at least a portion of an exterior surface of a rotating roll, advancing at least a laminate material assembly along a machine direction to dispose the laminate material assembly...