Diego Gualtieri, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy; and Alessandro Cipriani, San Giovanni Teatino, Italy.
Assigned to Fameccanica.Data S.p.A., San Giovanni Teatino Chieti, Italy.

Filed: 3/16/22
Issued: 8/26/25

A method for producing a continuous transversely extensible elastic laminate comprising: feeding in a longitudinal direction two first continuous webs, the two first continuous webs being spaced from each other in a transverse direction and having respective central portions and respective first and second edge portions on opposite sides of the respective central portions, feeding in said longitudinal direction two continuous elastic tapes, elastically stretching said two continuous elastic tapes in the transverse direction transversal to said longitudinal direction, and applying said two continuous elastic tapes to respective central portions of said two first continuous webs while stretched in said transversal direction, feeding in said longitudinal direction a continuous support web of a non-woven material having two continuous edge portions, the continuous support web having a micro-hook formation integrally formed in the non-woven material forming said continuous support web, applying said two continuous longitudinal edge portions of said continuous support web to respective first edge portions of said two first continuous webs, feeding in said longitudinal direction two second continuous webs spaced from each other in said transverse direction and having respective central portions and respective first and second edge portions on opposite sides of the respective central portions, applying said two second continuous webs to respective first continuous webs and sandwiching said two continuous elastic tapes between respective central portions of said first and second continuous webs, joining to each other said two first and second continuous webs, said two elastic tapes and the edge portions of the continuous support web by a pattern of spot welds while said two elastic tapes are stretched in said transversal direction, and cutting the continuous support web along at least one continuous undulated cutting line passing through said micro-hook formation so as to form two separate continuous transversely extensible elastic laminates.