Abstract: A process for producing a fiber-reinforced molded article and the resulting article such as a cantilevered battery tray. In the process, thermoplastic material in its solid state having a melt flow index above 25 g/10 minutes is fed into a suitable processing machine simultaneous with the addition of reinforcing fibers having a length of at least 0.375 inch or greater and sized with a material such as polyurethane, polyurea, and isocyanate derivatives thereof. The introduced materials are subjected to orientational agitation such that the reinforcing fibers are filamentized in an essentially homogeneous dispersion throughout the solid polymeric material. Once filamentization and dispersion are achieved, the resulting admixture is subjected to knead melting operations for an interval sufficient to achieve melting of the polymeric material introduced into a suitable plasticizing apparatus where the introduced material can be subjected to suitable knead melting operations.

Abstract: A layered film having at least one layer containing particulate pigment in an extrudable thermoplastic material such as an ionomer, ionomeric precursor or the like, and a molded article containing the same. The layered film can be produced by an extrusion process and has a polymeric matrix essentially free of iron/ionomer complexes.

Abstract: A layered film having at least one layer containing particulate pigment in an extrudable thermoplastic material such as an ionomer, ionomeric precursor or the like, and a molded article containing the same. The layered film can be produced by an extrusion process.

Abstract: A layered film having at least one layer containing metallic particulate in an extrudable thermoplastic material such as an ionomer, ionomeric precursor or the like, and a molded article containing the same. The layered film can be produced by an extrusion process.

Abstract: Described is a closure capable of opening by expansion of an occupant restraint cushion in a recessed area of an interior vehicle trim comprising a first molded layer comprised of a mixture of a polypropylene composition and a thermoplastic elastomer composition; a second layer integrally molded with and on one side of the first layer covering the recess for the restraint cushion and comprised of a mixture of a polypropylene and a thermoplastic elastomer. The first layer has a frangible reduced thickness area on the opposite side of the second layer which area breaks upon exit of the restraint cushion within the closure. The second layer has a Shore A hardness and is softer than the first layer and is capable of bending upon exiting of the bag in a bending or compressing area near the frangible reduced thickness area of the first layer.