Patent ID: 7540862

Claim:
A method of applying elastic end pieces to an absorbent product web, starting from an elastic material web having longitudinal side edges and a longitudinal central axis, and an absorbent product web, the method comprising the steps of: removing at least one first material piece from said elastic material web at a location within said longitudinal side edges of said web so as to provide a second material piece with at least one aperture therein; feeding said first material piece to a first application station and applying said first material piece to a first portion of said absorbent product web, said first portion being located at a first end portion of at least one absorbent product of said absorbent product web; and feeding said second material piece to a second application station and applying a section of said second material piece in a stretched condition to a second portion of said absorbent product web, said second portion being located at a second end portion of at least one absorbent product of said absorbent product web.