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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:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
George A Frank, Auburn, ME (US);
Assignee:
Gates Formed-Fibre Products, Inc., Auburn, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442 59 ; 4283044 ; 4283115 ; 442344 ; 442351 ;
Abstract
A heat stabilized, moldable, consolidated nonwoven panel resistant to shrinkage when molded during a subsequent thermoforming operation, said panel being substantially stiff and comprised of a nonwoven structure of reinforcement fibers admixed throughout and encapsulated by a thermoplastic resin formed from melted and compressed thermoplastic fibers having a melting point less than the melting point of said reinforcement fibers, said reinforcement fibers comprising 60-20 percent per volume of said panel and having a length of from 1-6 inches sufficient to enable said panel to achieve at least about 50 percent elongation during thermoforming.