Disclosed herein are elastic laminate materials. The elastic laminate
materials are laminates of extensible nonwoven fibrous webs and
thermoplastic elastic materials. The laminate may be a two-layer
composite material having a single nonwoven fibrous web bonded to one
side of the thermoplastic elastic material, or it may be a three-layer
composite having a nonwoven fibrous web bonded to each side of the
thermoplastic elastic material. The extensible nonwoven fibrous webs may
be staple fiber webs. The thermoplastic elastic material may be
single-layer or multi-layer elastic films, or elastic fibrous layers.
Where single- or multi-layer elastic films are used, the films may be
breathable films. The elastic material, or some of the staple fibers, or
both, may be selected such that the staple fiber webs are thermally
compatible with the thermoplastic elastic material to facilitate laminate
bonding. Processes for forming the elastic laminate material are also
disclosed.