Patent ID: 8114234

Claim:
A method for making an elastomeric nonwoven laminate from an elastomeric material and a nonwoven layer, the method comprising: a. supplying a fibrous nonwoven material from a nonwoven scarce, said first fibrous nonwoven material having a first bonding surface; b. transferring a plurality of elastomeric strands from a rotating roll or drum to a transferring device, wherein said transferring device is positioned proximate to said roll or drum, said transferring device having a surface speed V 2 , which is greater than a surface speed V 1 of said roll or drum, wherein the span of unsupported elastomeric strands between the roll or drum and said transferring device is between about 10 mm and about 200 mm; and c. joining said elastomeric strands to said first bonding surface of said fibrous nonwoven material thereby forming a laminate of said elastomeric strands and said fibrous nonwoven material wherein at least two adjacent strands of the laminate are separated by a distance of between about 1 mm and about 3 mm.