Foam Design Consumer Products, Inc.

Herman A Smith

Steven B Ruble

John S D'Luzansky

Anthony L Panzica

The present invention relates to surf boards and bodyboards and the like used for water sports and wherein the board includes a core foam which is a closed pore or closed cell foam to which is directly bonded an upper and lower skin. To achieve a substantially high integrity bond, an intermediate layer is used composed of a mixture of the polymeric material of the foam and the different polymeric material of the skins. The foam may be polypropylene expanded bead foam while the skins may be of high density polyethylene. Procedures are also disclosed for forming such products as well as procedures for providing rocker, an important characteristic of such boards.

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Lexington, KY, United States of America

Herman A Smith