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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1999
Kenneth Stephen McGuire, Wyoming, OH (US);
Peter Worthington Hamilton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Tweddell, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Emil Hildebrand, IV, West Chester, OH (US);
Geneva Gail Otten, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a sheet of crystallizable material, having opposed first and second surfaces, the sheet comprising: (a) a plurality of crystalline regions located in the first surface; and (b) an amorphous matrix surrounding and separating the crystalline regions from one another. The present invention also provides a method of making a flexible, cut resistant, and abrasion resistant sheet material, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a sheet of crystallizable amorphous material having opposed first and second surfaces; (b) crystallizing discrete regions of the first surface of the sheet of material, the discrete regions being separated from one another by a continuous amorphous matrix.