Patent ID: 8641852

Claim:
A method of converting elongated material webs into an elongated material laminate, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a plurality of continuous slits in a first elongated web, the slits positioned laterally across a width thereof and extending vertically through at least a portion of the web and longitudinally along a machine direction thereof without intersecting outside long edges thereof or an adjacent slit, to form a plurality of elongated strands; (b) separating at least one predetermined elongated strand from said plurality; (c) continuously laminating said at least one predetermined elongated strand to at least one additional secondary elongated web to form the material laminate, the first elongated web and the additional secondary elongated web being different materials, the at least one predetermined elongated strand and the at least one additional elongated web oriented parallel to each other and to said machine direction; and (d) the material laminate capable of being continuously rewound or coiled for additional processing in a subsequent machine operation.