US 12,472,110 B2
Extensible composite having ribs
Kevin P Black, Rock Hill, SC (US); Alexander James Neeb, Charlotte, NC (US); and Geoffrey Boyd McGregor, Clover, SC (US)
Filed by APLIX, Le Cellier (FR)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,631.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,817, filed on Jul. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0024168 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49011 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15585 (2013.01); A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49031 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49098 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An extensible composite comprising:
a first layer including a first layer first surface and a first layer second surface opposing the first layer first surface, the first layer comprising a non-woven material; and
a second layer including a second layer first surface facing the first layer first surface and a second layer second surface opposing the second layer first surface, the second layer comprising an elastomeric material;
wherein the second layer includes a plurality of ribs extending from at least the second layer first surface; and
wherein at least a portion of the first layer first surface is attached to the second layer first surface at a plurality of attachment positions and the first layer and the second layer are configured to define a space between the first layer first surface and the second layer first surface between adjacent attachment positions of the plurality of attachment positions.