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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2005
Douglas E. Beyer, Midland, MI (US);
Steven R. Jenkins, Clare, MI (US);
Eric K. C. Lee, Midland, MI (US);
Douglas E. Beyer, Midland, MI (US);
Steven R. Jenkins, Clare, MI (US);
Eric K. C. Lee, Midland, MI (US);
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Abstract
Articles comprise a monolayer blown film prepared from a composition comprising at least one vinylidene chloride polymer and at least one plasticizer wherein at least one vinylidene chloride polymer comprises vinylidene chloride and at least one alkyl acrylate, selected from methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, or butyl acrylate or a combination thereof in an amount of from 2.5 to 9 mole percent of the monomer content of the vinylidene chloride polymer and wherein the plasticizer is present in an amount of from 1 to 15 parts by weight per hundred parts of polymer, wherein the article is selected from a package, a container, a laminate, sausage casing or combination thereof, particularly a sausage casing, wherein at least 4 of designated characteristics are present. The invention also includes processes for making articles of the invention and films used therein.