Appeal No. 99-0920
Application No. 08/629,323
This is a decision on an appeal which involves claims 20
through 31, 33 and 34. The only other claims remaining in the
application, which are claims 1 through 19, have been allowed
by the examiner.
The subject matter on appeal relates to a method of
manufacturing disposable underpants wherein the application of
elastic therefore comprises the steps of providing curvilinear
adhesive zones on one side of a first continuous web and
laying a tensioned first continuous elastic member in a first
non-linear pattern to bond with at least a portion of at least
one of said adhesive zones. Further details of this appealed
subject matter are set forth in representative independent
claim 20 which reads as follows:
20. In a method for manufacturing disposable underpants,
the step of applying the elastic comprising the steps of:
a. providing curvilinear adhesive zones on one side
of a first continuous web;
b. laying a tensioned first continuous elastic
member in a first non-linear pattern to bond with at least
a portion of at least one of said adhesive zones;
c. laying a second continuous elastic member in a
second non-linear pattern to bond with at least a portion
of said at least one of said adhesive zones, the first and
second non-linear patterns being substantially
symmetrically disposed about a longitudinally central
line;
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