Patent ID: 7981231

Claim:
A method for making an elastomeric nonwoven laminate from an elastomeric material and a nonwoven layer, the method comprising; a. supplying a first fibrous nonwoven material from a nonwoven source, said first fibrous nonwoven material having a first bonding surface; b. transferring at least one elastomeric material 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 material between the roll or drum and the transferring device is between about 10 mm and about 200 mm; c. supplying a second fibrous nonwoven material from a nonwoven source, said second fibrous nonwoven material having a second bonding surface; and d. joining the elastomeric material to said first and second fibrous nonwoven materials at a point of lamination thereby forming a nonwoven elastorneric laminate wherein said elastomeric material is disposed between said first and second bonding surface of said first and second fibrous nonwoven materials and wherein said elastomeric material is joined to at least one of said first and second fibrous nonwoven materials by at least one of thermal bonding, pressure bonding, mechanical bonding, ultrasonic bonding, and radio frequency bonding.