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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald W Adams, Auburn, ME (US);
Assignee:
The Gates Corporation, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156245 ; 156242 ; 264257 ;
Abstract
A cushioned panel is provided together with a method of molding it. A non-woven fabric having an outer layer composed of polypropylene or other thermoplastic fibers is heated to the melting point of the fibers. It is inserted into a mold having a decorative surface fabric and a piece of foam cushioning therein. The mold is designed so that the edges of the male and female mold halves compress the molten non-woven substrate and the surface fabric forcing the molten surface of the substrate into the interstices of the surface fabric. A mechanical bond is formed upon cooling.