Patent ID: 7056404

Claim:
A method of bonding a laminate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing an anvil roll and a patterned roll, said anvil roll and said patterned roll being capable of counter-rotating in relation to each other, said anvil roll having an anvil roll surface and said patterned roll having a patterned roll surface, at least one load bearing member disposed between said patterned roll surface and said anvil roll surface, said load bearing member having a caliper, at least one pattern element extending from said patterned roll surface, said pattern element having a height, said caliper of said load bearing member being greater than said height of said pattern element; (b) providing a loading force to press said anvil roll to said patterned roll; (c) providing a laminate between said patterned roll surface and said anvil roll surface; and (d) counter-rotating said anvil roll and said patterned roll in relation to one another to compress said laminate between said pattern element and said anvil roll surface to effect a bond in said laminate.