Patent ID: 7687415

Claim:
An elastic composite consisting of at least an elastomeric sheet selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, co-polyesters, ethylene vinyl acetate, styrene-ethylene/butylene-styrene, styrene/ethylene-propylene, and styrene-butadiene-styrene and at least one entangled web comprising binder fibers and matrix fibers, wherein the binder fibers have a melting point lower than that of the matrix fibers and wherein the entangled web is pre-consolidated at an elevated temperature to have a maximum elongation greater than 100% in the cross direction and a tearing strength greater than 2 lbs in the machine direction and the elastic composite has an elastic recovery in the cross direction of 50-95% from 100% elongation and greater than 50% from 150-300% elongation.