Patent ID: 7045031
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A method of attaching leg elastics to an absorbent garment, comprising the steps of: using a linear arm to guide a plurality of elastic members onto a substrate; sliding the linear arm toward a crotch area of the substrate; pivoting a rotating pivot guide on the linear arm to decrease spacing between the elastic members as the elastic members are projected on the crotch area of the substrate; sliding the linear arm toward an area of the substrate away from the crotch; pivoting the rotating pivot guide on the linear arm to increase spacing between the elastic members as the elastic members are projected on the area of the substrate away from the crotch; and bonding the elastic members to the substrate such that spacing between the elastic members is narrower in the crotch area than the spacing between the elastic members in at least one portion away from the crotch area.