Patent ID: 8057879

Claim:
A stretchable web comprising: a web having a first plurality of three-dimensional elongated cells, wherein said cells have a major and minor axes and an aspect ratio of about 5 to about 15, and are aligned in spaced-apart lanes along their major axes to provide mechanical elasticity in a direction perpendicular to their alignment, and a retractive force mechanism disposed so as to provide increased retractive force to the first plurality of elongated cells in a direction opposite of said mechanical elasticity, wherein said retractive force mechanism comprises a second three-dimensional web bonded to the first web, wherein said second web has a second plurality of elongated cells that have an aspect ratio of about 5 to about 15 and that are aligned in spaced-apart lanes along their major axes, said alignment being nonparallel to the alignment of the first plurality of elongated cells.