Claims
- 1. A fiber having an exterior surface, the fiber comprising at least two elastic polymers in which at least one of the elastic polymers forms at least a portion of the exterior surface, wherein at least one of the elastic polymers is a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer.
- 2. A fiber comprising at least two elastic polymers in which at least one of the polymers is a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer.
- 3. A bicomponent elastic fiber having a sheath/core construction in which at least one of the sheath and core comprises a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer.
- 4. A bicomponent elastic fiber having a sheath/core construction in which both of the sheath and core comprises a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer, the polymer of the sheath different than the polymer of the core.
- 5. A bicomponent elastic fiber having a side-by-side construction in which at least one region of the fiber comprises a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer.
- 6. A bicomponent elastic fiber having a side-by-side construction in which both sides of the fiber comprise a homogeneously branched substantially linear ethylene polymer, the polymer of one region of the fiber different than the polymer of the other region of the fiber.
- 7. An elastic fabric comprising the elastic fiber of any of claims 1 and 2-6.
- 8. A fabricated article comprising the elastic fiber of any of claims 1 and 2-6.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/688,416, filed Jul. 30, 1996 which is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/451,870, filed May 26, 1995 (abandoned), which was a Divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/339,610 filed Nov. 15, 1994 (abandoned) which was a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/053,583, filed Apr. 27, 1993 (abandoned) which was a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/776,130, filed Oct. 15,1991 (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,272,236) and a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/939,281, filed Sep. 2, 1992, (now U.S. Pat. No. 5,278,272), the disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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