Patent ID: 8016972

Claim:
A method of securing an ear to a chassis web, the method comprising: creating a first left ear from a first infeeding ear web being fed at an infeed speed, the first ear in a left correct facing orientation; creating a second left ear from the first infeeding ear web, the second ear in a reversed orientation relative to the left correct orientation; creating a first right ear from a second infeeding ear web being fed at the infeed speed, the first right ear in a reversed orientation relative to a right correct orientation; creating a second right ear from the second infeeding ear web, the second right ear in the right correct facing orientation; reorienting the second left ear into the left correct facing orientation; reorienting the first right ear into the right correct facing orientation; repitching the ears from the infeed speed at a pickup point to a deposition speed at respective left and right deposition points aligned in the machine direction; coupling the first left ear and the first right ear onto an infeeding chassis web to create a first chassis and ear assembly at said left and right deposition points aligned in the machine direction at a first position upon the chassis web; coupling the second left ear and the second right ear onto the infeeding chassis web to create a second chassis and ear assembly at said left and right deposition points aligned in the machine direction at a second position upon the chassis web.