Patent ID: 9630359
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A44B,B26D,B29C,B29K,B29L,D01D,D04H

Claim:
1. A method of increasing a width of a polymeric netting, the method comprising: providing a polymeric netting having a length in a machine direction; and running the polymeric netting in the machine direction onto a stretchable surface, wherein the polymeric netting is in contact with the stretchable surface for a path length in the machine direction, wherein for at least a portion of the path length, the stretchable surface stretches in the cross-machine direction, wherein traction between the polymeric netting and the stretchable surface during stretching increases a width of at least a portion of the polymeric netting in the cross-machine direction, and wherein the stretchable surface is provided by at least one stretchable band, stretchable tubing, at least one coiled spring, or a combination thereof.