Abstract: The present invention provides a stable material having enhanced extensibility and a method for making the same. A tensioning force is applied to a neckable material to neck the material. The necked material is then subjected to mechanical stabilization to provide a stabilized extensible necked material. The stabilized extensible necked material is easily extended in a direction parallel to the direction necking.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 21, 1997
Date of Patent:
September 16, 2003
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Douglas Herrin Benson, John Joseph Curro