Abstract: A heated garment assembly includes a jacket that includes a front panel and a rear panel integrally coupled together. The jacket has a neck opening and a body opening. The front panel has a slit therein extending between and through the neck and body openings. A pair of sleeves is attached to the jacket. The front and rear panels include an inner layer and an outer layer. A heat emitter is mounted in the jacket. The heat emitter includes a plurality of upper heating elements. The upper heating elements extend through the rear panel, the front panel and each of the sleeves. The upper heating elements are positioned between the inner and outer layers. A power supply is electrically coupled to the upper heating elements. A control is electrically coupled to the power supply to selectively turn the heating elements on or off.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for making beads of expandable polystyrene by utilizing as an additive in the suspension polymerization process, a small amount of a low-molecular-weight polyethylene having a molecular weight of around 2000.