Claims
- 1. An elastic fabric comprising elastic fibers having a percent recovery of at least about 50 percent, wherein the elastic fibers consist essentially of at least one homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer characterized as having:a) a density less than about 0.90 g/cm3, and b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, from about 1.5 to about 2.5.
- 2. A fabricated article comprising an elastic fabric, wherein the elastic fabric comprises elastic fibers having a percent recovery of at least about 50 percent, wherein the elastic fibers consist essentially of at least one homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer characterized as having:a) a density less than about 0.90 g/cm3, and b) a molecular weight distribution, Mw/Mn, from about 1.5 to about 2.5.
- 3. Fabrics comprising fibers having a percent recovery of at least about 50 percent, wherein the fibers comprise at least one copolymer of ethylene and at least one comonomer, the polymer having a density less than about 0.90 g/cm3; a molecular weight distribution, MWD, from about 1.5 to about 2.5; a melt index in the range of about 0.01 grams/10 minutes to about 1000 grams/10 minutes; and a CDBI of greater than about 30%.
- 4. The fabrics of claim 3, wherein the CDBI is greater than about 50%.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/452,473 filed May 26, 1995, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/339,533, filed Nov. 15, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/053,580, filed Apr. 27, 1993, now abandoned. This application is also a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/606,633, filed Feb. 26, 1996, now abandoned, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/370,051 filed Jan. 9, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,525,695, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/044,426, filed Apr. 7, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,380,810, which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/776,130, filed Oct. 15, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,272,236. This application is also a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/685,737, filed on Jul. 24, 1996 now abandonded as a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/452,249, filed May. 26, 1995, abandonded, which is a divisional of application Ser. No. 08/312,013, filed Sept. 23, 1994, abandoned, which is a file wrapper continuation of application Ser. No. 08/166,497filed Dec. 13, 1993, abandonded, which is a division of application Ser. No. 07/939,281, filed Sep. 2, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,278,272, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/776,130, filed Oct. 15, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,272,236.
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