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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chung P Park, Pickerington, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428220 ; 4283199 ; 521 79 ; 521142 ; 521143 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for making a low density, dimensionally-stable, open-cell, extruded propylene polymer foam comprising primarily an expanded propylene polymer material wherein the foam has a blowing agent comprising greater than 85 percent by weight of one or more organic blowing agents based upon the total weight of the blowing agent. The propylene polymer material comprises more than 50 weight percent or more of propylene monomeric units based upon the total weight of the propylene polymer material. The foam has a density about 96 kilograms or less per cubic meter. The foam is greater than 20 percent open cell.