Patent ID: 8235959

Claim:
A process for making a composite sheet ( 10 ) useful for an absorbent article, said composite sheet ( 10 ) comprising one or more openings to receive fecal material, a wrinkled, patterned elasticized region ( 12 ) that comprises adhesive, a patterned first sheet ( 13 ) and an elastic material ( 15 ), said composite sheet ( 10 ) being obtained by: a. obtaining a first sheet ( 13 ); b. obtaining an elastic material ( 15 ) that is at least partially stretched; c. submitting said first sheet ( 13 ) or part thereof to a cooling, patterning, pressure-applying step to obtain a patterned first sheet ( 13 ) comprising troughs ( 16 ), and then positioning said at least partially stretched elastic material ( 15 ) adjacent said patterned first sheet ( 13 ) to obtain a combined material; d) simultaneously or subsequent to step c) attach at least a portion of the formed troughs ( 16 ) to said elastic material ( 15 ), to obtain a stretched composite sheet ( 10 ) comprising a patterned elasticized region; e) relaxing the composite sheet ( 10 ) of step d) to obtain a composite sheet ( 10 ) comprising a wrinkled, patterned elasticized region ( 12 ), said composite sheet ( 10 ) comprising one or more openings to receive fecal material.