Abstract: A workstation configured to provide laptop storage and permit docking of the laptop broadly includes a desk and a modesty panel attached to the desk. The modesty panel includes a chassis and a panel door swingably attached to the chassis into and out of a closed position where the chassis and panel door define an enclosed space. The chassis includes power and data terminals for providing electrical power and data access to the laptop. The chassis further includes a removable partition with containers for holding the laptop and peripherals within the chassis. With the panel door closed, the chassis and panel door cooperatively define a passage that is configured to receive a transmission cable for interconnecting terminals and the laptop. The modesty panel is configured to securely store the laptop in the enclosed space by restricting removal of the laptop when the panel door is closed.

Abstract: A process for producing a decorative article having a face layer of multiple laminae is disclosed. A first curable resin is formed into a first lamina having a face layer with a relief and a substantially planar back layer. The first resin is cured and then a second curable resin is-applied to the face layer of the first lamina. The second resin is cured to produce a second lamina and the first and second laminae are then sanded to provide a decorative article of manufacture having a substantially planar face layer.

Abstract: Decorative structural panels have a release material of wax, silicone, or oil applied to portions of a substrate surface. One or more curable thermosetting resins are applied on top of the release material and substrate surface and allowed to commingle. The surface tension of each resin is greater than that of the release material such that the resin or resins are pulled away from the release material prior to curing to produce a fish-eye appearance having a strong and durable finish.

Abstract: Non-corrosive concrete reinforcing members are formed by pultruding reinforcing fibers through resin to produce an elongated core and a plurality of elongated flanges extending radially outward from the core. A slot is formed through a portion of the elongated core such that each flange has a free inner edge adjacent the slot. The reinforcing member is thereby bendable along the slot in a direction transverse to the elongated core.

Abstract: Non-corrosive concrete reinforcing members are formed by pultruding reinforcing fibers through resin to produce an elongated core and a plurality of elongated flanges extending radially outward from the core. A slot is formed through a portion of the elongated core such that each flange has a free inner edge adjacent the slot. The reinforcing member is thereby bendable along the slot in a direction transverse to the elongated core.

Abstract: Non-corrosive concrete reinforcing members are formed by pultruding reinforcing fibers through resin to produce an elongated core and a plurality of elongated flanges extending radially outward from the core. A slot is formed through a portion of the elongated core such that each flange has a free inner edge adjacent the slot. The reinforcing member is thereby bendable along the slot in a direction transverse to the elongated core.

Abstract: A method of producing a substantially finished surface on the outmold side of a thermosetting casting. The method entails preparing a first laminae having a curable thermosetting resin material as a first outmold surface, and providing a second laminae having an imprinted surface thereon. The first surface and second laminae having an imprinted surface are then positioned in face-to-face registration with one another. Substantial vacuum conditions are generated in the area between the first surface and the imprint surface, and the surfaces are pressed together under substantial vacuum conditions. The vacuum and pressure conditions maintain the surfaces in face-to-face registration and contain any volatile components of the curable thermosetting resin material of the first laminae while the curable thermosetting resin material cures.

Abstract: A resilient, composite surface material which is resistant to the effects of weather and traffic. It is constructed of a layer of resilient, shock-attenuating, closed-cell, elastomeric foam; a fabric binding layer, which can be adhesively or thermally bound to the foam layer; and a wear- and weather-resistant layer, applied in a fluid form, which binds mechanically to the fabric layer by saturating the fabric and then hardening. The resulting surface can be used for playgrounds or recreational areas, in industrial or commerical application, or in any location where a resilient, wear- and weather-resistant surface is desired.