Patent ID: 8486849

Claim:
An elastically extensible ear panel having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, a proximal portion, a distal portion and a central portion between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the elastically extensible ear panel comprising: at least a layer of an elastomeric film; and at least a layer of nonwoven material joined to the elastomeric film, thereby forming an elastically extensible ear panel; wherein the elastically extensible ear panel has a proximal edge having a length and a distal edge having a length, a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge, wherein the length of said distal edge is less than the length of said proximal edge, wherein the proximal portion of the elastically extensible ear panel comprises a high bond zone that extends along the longitudinal direction of the proximal portion of the whole elastically extensible ear panel, wherein the central portion of the elastically extensible ear panel comprises a low bond zone that extends along the central portion of the elastically extensible ear panel, wherein the distal portion of the elastically extensible ear panel comprises a high bond zone that extends along the longitudinal direction of the distal portion of the whole elastically extensible ear panel and wherein the high bond zone in the proximal portion and the high bond zone in the distal portion are less extensible than the low bond zone of the central portion when the elastically extensible ear panel is subject to a force applied in the transverse direction.