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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Inventors:
Paul Georgelos, Naperville, IL (US);
Pat Montefusco, Genoa, IL (US);
Javier Soria, West Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
CLEAR LAM PACKAGING, INC., Elk Grove Village, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 33/00 (2006.01); C08L 23/08 (2006.01); C08J 3/22 (2006.01); C08J 5/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 23/0853 (2013.01); C08J 3/226 (2013.01); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08J 2367/04 (2013.01); C08J 2423/08 (2013.01); C08J 2433/00 (2013.01); C08J 2467/04 (2013.01); C08L 2310/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate to method and an additive for a PLA article comprising at least one acrylic impact modifier between 10 and 80 weight % of the total weight of the additive; and at least one vinyl acetate ethylene copolymer (EVA) having ≧12 Wt % vinyl acetate, the EVA between 5 and 50 weight % of the additive; and at least one PLA carrier resin between 5 and 50 weight % of the total weight of the additive.