Patent ID: 7361246

Claim:
A method of making an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable absorbent garment, said method comprising the steps of: moving a section of a continuous strand of elastic element generally about a plane; conveying a first web of material in a web moving direction such that the first web intersects the plane; moving the elastic element about said plane, thereby applying the section of elastic element onto the first web along a direction generally transverse to said web moving direction; wherein said conveying step includes folding the first web along two fold lines and inwardly toward an inward surface of the first web to leave a partial section of the first web providing an exposed outward surface, such that the applying step applies the elastic element across the exposed outward surface of the first web; and cutting the applied elastic strands proximate each fold line; and unfolding the first web such that a resulting unfolded first web has applied thereon, a centrally located arrangement of a plurality of spaced-apart elastic strands on the partial section and a non-elasticized side region on each side of the arrangement of a plurality of spaced-apart elastic strands.