Patent ID: 8852372
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61F,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing pant-type absorbent articles each article including a chassis structure having at least one elastic panel and an integrated absorbent core component, the method including a continuous pant-forming process comprising forming the chassis structure and incorporating the absorbent core component into the chassis structure, wherein the at least one elastic panel is produced by a) separately producing a two-layer laminate comprising a first non-elastic fibrous nonwoven web and an elastic film, b) activating the two-layer laminate by incremental stretching in at least one activation direction to render the two-layer laminate elastically stretchable, c) stretching the activated two-layer laminate by 35-200% in the activation direction, d) introducing the two-layer laminate in the pant-forming process, and e) laminating the elastic film of the stretched two-layer laminate to a nonwoven chassis component, wherein the elastic film of the stretched two-layer laminate is in direct contact with the nonwoven chassis component.