ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,678, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).
"Methods and apparatuses for making elastomeric laminates with elastic strands provided with a spin finish" was invented by Uwe Schneider (Cincinnati) and Joseph Allen Eckstein (Sunman, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods for making elastomeric laminates that may be used as components of absorbent articles. The elastomeric laminates may include a first substrate, a second substrate, and an elastic material located between the first and second substrates. During assembly of an elastomeric laminate, a beam is rotated...