US 11,690,767 B2
Apparatus and methods for securing elastic to a carrier web
Gottfried Jason Hohm, Oconomowoc, WI (US); Wei Wei, North Hollywood, CA (US); Debra Heus Bowe, Chilton, WI (US); and Jeff Middlesworth, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Assigned to CURT G. JOA, INC.
Filed by Curt G. Joa, Inc., Sheboygan Falls, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/948,538.
Application 16/948,538 is a continuation of application No. 14/836,698, filed on Aug. 26, 2015, granted, now 10,792,194.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/041,876, filed on Aug. 26, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000657 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15593 (2013.01) [A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/49009 (2013.01); B29C 65/086 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/21 (2013.01); B29C 66/433 (2013.01); B29C 66/7294 (2013.01); B29C 66/81429 (2013.01); B29C 66/81431 (2013.01); B29C 66/81433 (2013.01); B29C 66/81465 (2013.01); B29C 66/83411 (2013.01); B29C 66/83415 (2013.01); B29C 66/83511 (2013.01); B29C 66/221 (2013.01); B29C 66/234 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0046 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4878 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elastic assembly comprising:
a first layer of material having a lengthwise direction and a crosswise direction;
a second layer of material having a lengthwise direction and a crosswise direction;
a plurality of first bond points bonding the first and second layers of material together and being formed in a first rectilinear column, the first bond points being spaced apart from one another in the lengthwise direction of the layers of material, each first bond point having a first crosswise side and an opposite second crosswise side;
a first elastic strand disposed between the first and second layers of material,
wherein the first elastic strand is positioned on the first crosswise side of a first one of the first bond points and is positioned on the second crosswise side of a second one of the first bond points; and
wherein the plurality of first bond points trap the first elastic strand between the first and second layers.