Patent ID: 7758712

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an elastic composite article having a width and a length greater than the width of the article, the method comprising: providing a nonwoven fibrous first coverweb comprising a down-web direction aligned with the length of the article and a cross-web direction transverse to the down-web direction, wherein the first coverweb comprises a tear pattern in the form of a plurality of separate and distinct weakened areas in the first coverweb; providing a second nonwoven fibrous coverweb comprising a down-web direction aligned with the length of the article and a cross-web direction transverse to the down-web direction, wherein the second coverweb further comprises a tear pattern in the form of a plurality of separate and distinct weakened areas formed in the second coverweb; locating a plurality of elastic filaments between the first coverweb and the second coverweb after providing the plurality of weakened areas in the first coverweb, wherein each elastic filament of the plurality of elastic filaments extends continuously in a direction along the length of the article; and attaching the first coverweb to the second coverweb after forming the tear pattern in the first coverweb and after locating the plurality of elastic filaments between the first coverweb and the second coverweb; wherein the weakened areas of the first coverweb are not aligned with the weakened areas of the second coverweb.