Patent ID: 8226625

Claim:
A stretchable laminate comprising: a. a first nonwoven web, said first nonwoven web comprising: a first layer of fibers comprising spunbond fibers, said first layer having a top and a bottom surface, said fibers of said first layer forming a plurality of interstices; a second layer of fibers comprising meltblown fibers, said second layer having a top and a bottom surface wherein the top surface of said second layer faces said bottom surface of said first layer, and wherein at least some of said meltblown fibers are located inside some of the interstices of said first layer; and a third layer of fibers comprising spunbond fibers, said third layer having a top and a bottom surface, wherein the top surface of said third layer faces the bottom surface of said second layer such that said second layer is positioned between said first and said third layers; and; b. a web of an elastomeric material having top and bottom surfaces, wherein said bottom surface of said third layer comprising spunbond fibers of said first nonwoven web is bonded to said top surface of said elastomeric web to form a laminate.