Patent ID: 11964455
Assignee: FITESA FILM PRODUCTS LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 23:
24. An absorbent article comprising:
a breathable elastic laminate comprising
an apertured elastic film layer having a pattern, the pattern comprising
a plurality of first lanes extending in a machine direction, each of the plurality of first lanes comprising a plurality of apertures, and
a plurality of second lanes extending in the machine direction, each of the plurality of second lanes devoid of apertures and having a width at least twice the width of one of the plurality of apertures in the first lanes,
the plurality of second lanes alternating with the plurality of first lanes in a cross direction substantially orthogonal to the machine direction; and

a nonwoven layer attached to a first surface of the apertured elastic film layer,
wherein the apertured elastic film is stretched in at least one of the machine direction and the cross direction to activate the elastic film in the at least one of the machine direction and the cross direction,
wherein a first side of the activated apertured elastic film is bonded to the nonwoven web while the apertured elastic film is under tension, and
wherein the plurality of apertures is formed in the apertured elastic film before the apertured elastic film is bonded to the nonwoven web, and
wherein the plurality of apertures are three-dimensional apertures.