Patent ID: 8003553

Claim:
An elastic-powered shrink laminate, comprising: a heat shrinkable layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymers, ethylene-alpha olefin copolymers, propylene homopolymers, propylene copolymers with ethylene or an alpha-olefin, amorphous poly-alpha olefin, polyvinyl chlorides, and combinations thereof; and an elastic layer comprising an elastomer selected from the group consisting of styrene-diene block copolymers, styrene-olefin block copolymers, polyurethanes, copolyether esters, polyamide-polyether block copolymers, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, and combinations thereof; wherein the heat shrinkable layer and elastic layer are continuously bonded together between the entirety of the interfacial regions therebetween with a substantially continuous adhesive layer when the elastic layer is in a dimensionally unstable, stretched state, and the elastic layer remains substantially in the stretched state prior to shrinkage of the heat shrinkable layer.