Patent ID: 6077379
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A61F,B29C,B29L,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a plurality of disposable undergarments, the method comprising:securing an elastic waistband extending along a path of travel to each of a plurality of elongate undergarment cores having a lengthwise extent positioned transverse to the path of travel so as to form a chain of a plurality of individual undergarments;folding the elongate undergarment cores along a fold line as the cores move along a substantially horizontal path of travel so that the lengthwise extent of each of the cores is in a substantially vertical position;sealing side peripheries of at least the waistband of each of the plurality of undergarments of the chain;separating the chain of the plurality of undergarments into individual undergarments; andcontrollably positioning the separated individual undergarments from a substantially vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation as the undergarments move along the substantially horizontal path of travel.