Patent ID: 7625829

Claim:
A laminate comprising: an elastic polymeric film; a first nonwoven web bonded to a first surface of said elastic polymeric film, said first nonwoven web having nonelastic elongation in a range of from about 20% to about 200% and an ultimate force to break of greater than 1500 g/in. in a transverse direction; a second nonwoven web bonded to a second surface of said elastic polymeric film opposite said first nonwoven web, said second web having nonelastic elongation value and an ultimate force to break value in a transverse direction that is substantially equal to that of the first nonwoven web; said laminate having a combined laminate ultimate force to break of at least the combined values of said at least two nonwoven webs; and wherein each of said first and second nonwoven webs comprise a consolidated web of fibers produced by heating a precursor web to a temperature between the melting temperature and the softening temperature of at least 10% of the fibers, drawing the web in a machine direction under tension to consolidate the web laterally in the transverse direction and then cooling but not heat setting the web.