Patent ID: 7083849
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article comprising a breathable three layer ABA or ABC structure, said article comprising: (a) an inner core layer having a thickness of about 86 to about 265 microns, said inner core layer comprising a breathable thermoplastic foam having at least one major surface and at least one ruptured foam cell, wherein the inner core layer has breathability in a direction perpendicular to a major surface of the foam, and (b) two outer skin layers that are melt-bonded to the inner core layer, wherein each of the outer skin layers comprise a ruptured unfoamed, polymeric material selected from the group consisting of amorphous or non-amorphous thermoplastic materials, elastomers, thermoplastic elastomers, and semi-crystalline polymers.