Patent ID: 9271879
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A61F,B26F,B29C,B29K,B31F,B32B,D21H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An article, comprising: at least two webs comprising a first polymeric film and second polymeric film, and a temporary and separable embossed seal joining a portion of the at least two webs, the embossed seal comprising co-formed concentric discrete extended elements surrounded by lands formed in the first polymeric film and the second polymeric film, the discrete extended elements having open proximal ends and portions of the discrete extended elements having a thickness less than that of the lands, wherein an area density of the discrete extended elements of the embossed seal is about 240 to about 10,000 discrete extended elements per square centimeter, wherein the embossed seal is free of adhesives, wherein the concentric discrete extended elements have not been fused together by melting, and wherein at least a portion of the embossed comprises a gap between the first polymeric film and the second polymeric film such that the distal ends of some of the discrete extended elements from one of the first polymeric film and the second polymeric film extend only partially into corresponding discrete extended elements from the other of the first polymeric film and the second polymeric film.