A method of manufacturing an elastic film laminate includes stretching an elastic film in at least one direction at a first draw ratio, relaxing the elastic film, stretching the elastic film at least once more in the at least one direction at a second draw ratio less than the first draw ratio, and laminating the elastic film to at least one substrate web.

A stretchable flame barrier panel including an interior stretch zone having elastomeric yarns extending across a fibrous base layer of textile fibers and optionally substantially stable lateral selvage zones outboard of the interior stretch zone. In a finished state, the interior stretch zone has substantial stretch and recovery in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction.

A fabric having resilient prominences on at least one surface is described for improved thermal protection, drag reduction and quick drying. Resilient prominences are bulges that extend outward from a fabric surface and trap some volume of air or other material therein. For example, a resilient prominence may be dome shaped and extend outward from the fabric plane. A resilient prominence is resilient in shape, whereby the resilient prominence may be compressed and then popped back into substantially the original shape. Reflective and/or absorptive materials may be configured on the surface of the fabric to provide camouflage from IR cameras. Reflective material may be configured on the fabric to reflect heat back to the wearer of a garment made with the fabric described.

The invention relates to unique applications for the novel high melt flow, low viscosity, selectively hydrogenated styrene-butadiene-styrene (hSBS) or selectively hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene-butadiene/styrene-styrene (hSBSS) block copolymers, wherein the melt flow rate of said block copolymer is at least 100 g/10 min at 230 C. under 2.16 kg mass according to ASTM D1238. These block copolymers are novel and have the highest melt flow rate of any styrenic block copolymer also possessing high strength and elasticity. It has applications that prior to the present invention were not normally possible due to the normal low melt flow rate of styrenic block copolymers. The present invention also encompasses various fields of use such as a fiberglass hSBS or hSBSS reinforced mat, low viscosity hSBS or hSBSS coatings for industrial uses, hot melt adhesives prepared from hSBS or hSBSS blended with polyalpha-olefins, and elastic film, fiber, and nonwoven constructions using hSBS or hSBSS.

(1) An elastic nonwoven fabric and a fiber product using the elastic nonwoven fabric, the elastic nonwoven fabric containing a crystalline resin composition containing low crystalline polypropylene and high crystalline polypropylene, the low crystalline polypropylene satisfying items (a) and (b) below, and a crystallization temperature (Tc) of the crystalline resin composition measured with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) being from 20 to 100 C.: (a) a melting point (Tm-D) being from 0 to 120 C., which is defined as a peak top of a peak observed on the most high temperature side of a melt endothermic curve obtained by maintaining at 10 C. for 5 minutes and increasing in temperature at 10 C. per minute in a nitrogen atmosphere with a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); and (b) a stereoregularity index ([mm]) being from 50 to 90% by mol;

(2) an elastic nonwoven fabric and a fiber product using the elastic nonwoven fabric, the elastic nonwoven fabric being produced by using a crystalline resin composition containing low crystalline polypropylene satisfying items (c) to (h) below, and a releasing agent: (c) [mmmm]=20 to 60% by mol; (d) [rrrr]/(1[mmmm])0.1; (e) [rmrm]>2.5% by mol; (f) [mm][rr]/[mr].sup.22.0; (g) mass average molecular weight (Mw)=10,000 to 200,000; and (h) molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn)<4; and

(3) an elastic nonwoven fabric and a fiber product using the elastic nonwoven fabric, the elastic nonwoven fabric containing core/shell type composite fibers containing low crystalline polypropylene satisfying the items (c) to (h) have excellent elastic recovery property and pleasant texture without stickiness.