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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Certainteed Corporation, Malvern, PA (US);
Sizhu You, Auburndale, MA (US);
CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to polymer structures, for example, suitable for construction products. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a thermoplastic construction product including a coextruded layer structure having a base layer including a first thermoplastic material, an outer layer including a second thermoplastic material, and an infrared-reflective intermediate layer that is coextruded with the base layer and the outer layer and is disposed between the base layer and the outer layer. In some embodiments the intermediate layer has a thickness of at least 30 micrometers. In some embodiments the infrared-reflective intermediate layer includes a reflective pigment dispersed in a matrix of one of the first thermoplastic material or the second thermoplastic material.