Abstract: An axially extending composite tubular member having a plurality of plies and having primary bending stiffness along a longitudinal axis, has at least one interior ply having a matrix material and a first fiber component with fibers oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of between thirty degrees and sixty degrees, and more particularly between forty degrees and fifty degrees. An internal weblike reinforcement spans across the tubular interior of the member between and is secured to two spaced apart wall portions. The first fiber component provides significant torsional stiffness to the composite member and the internal weblike reinforcement provides significant impact resistance to the composite member.

Abstract: A surface fastener including a woven fabric having a number of interlocking elements projecting from one surface of said woven fabric, at least two round cords disposed adjacent to the interlocking elements and woven at regular intervals as the woven fabric are woven in such a condition that the round cords are longitudinally tensed and have a smaller height than the interlocking elements and are disposed in an exposed condition on the surface of the woven fabric. And flat attachment portions devoid of interlocking elements are disposed in juxtaposition with the round cords on outer sides of the round cords opposite to the interlocking elements. A number of round cords may be disposed on the woven fabric. The thus woven round cords are made rigid and highly resistant to compression or crush. With the round cords thus provided, the interlocking elements can provide a great fastening force over a prolonged period of use.

Abstract: A substrate includes a flat principal member having a surface, and at least three first holding portions projecting from the principal member. Each of the first holding portions includes a pair of horizontal contact surfaces which are parallel to the surface of the principal member and which are disposed facing opposite to each other. At least three second holding portions are also disposed on the principal member, each of the second holding portions including a pair of vertical contact surfaces which are perpendicular to the surface of the principal member and are disposed facing opposite to each other. Method and apparatus for holding such a substrate includes structure and steps for grasping the at least three first holding portions and the at least three second holding portions. The structure and functions provide a platform for stably gripping a substrate.

Abstract: A beltline weather strip accommodated in a door panel for elastically contacting a door glass plate and for sliding the door glass plate comprises a base which is substantially parallel to the door glass plate with a cored bar embedded therein, a solid lip protruding from the upper door glass plate side surface of the base, and a hollow lip protruding from the lower door glass plate side surface of the base, wherein the upper side of the hollow lip is curved inwardly at the root end portion thereof and outwardly at the tip end portion thereof, forming an S-shaped curved upper side as a whole, and a ratio between the curvature radius Ra of the inwardly curved root end portion of the upper side of the hollow lip and the curvature radius Rb of the outwardly curved tip end portion thereof is set in the range of Ra: Rb=1:2.5 to 1:3.5.

Abstract: A composite thermal insulation structure particularly suited for gas turbine engine applications is disclosed. An aspect of the present invention includes a composite thermal insulation structure having a backing, a ceramic pile woven substantially perpendicular into the backing, and a ceramic matrix material infiltrated in the ceramic fiber pile.

Abstract: This invention provides a structural laminate which includes thin outer layers of cellulose polymer material sandwiched about a corrugated cardboard core, where flutes of the corrugated extend perpendicularly between the outer layers of cellulose polymer material. More specifically, the outer layers of the composite are relatively thin sheets of a delignified cellulose polymer material, and the core comprises conventional corrugated cardboard with at least some, and preferably all of the flutes oriented on edge, i.e., extending perpendicularly between the outer layers. A related method comprises the steps of:a) forming a stack of corrugated cardboard sheets to a predetermined height, the sheets adhesively secured, one to the other;b) cutting a plurality of strips of predetermined width from the stack;c) turning one or more of the strips 90.degree.

Abstract: A method of molding an outer body panel and attaching that outer panel to an inner supporting portion of a vehicle. The outer panel is made in a mold having a mold cavity and a plurality of passages extending outwardly from the cavity. During the molding process, ejector pins disposed within these passages are used to provide supplemental pressure within the mold cavity and prevent shrinkage. After the material within the mold has solidified, the mold is opened and the ejector pins are used to eject the outer panel from the mold. Locating members formed in the passages are used to locate and maintain the outer panel in a fixed relationship with respect to the inner supporting portion when they are assembled and bonded to one another.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. A multiplicity of attachment members are carried by the base and extend outwardly from the base for cooperating with complementary attachment members. First and second laterally-extending sealing gaps are respectively positioned adjacent the ends of the base. The sealing gaps are defined by areas of the first major surface of the base being devoid of the attachment members for permitting a sealing dam carried by a mold in which the foamed article is molded to fit into the sealing gaps and sealingly engage the first major surface of the base to form a foam-tight seal between the opposed ends of the base and the sealing dam of the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam past the ends of the base onto the attachment members of the base during molding of the article.

Abstract: An extruded hollow plastic board is described which has a pair of flat and parallel sheets spaced apart and interconnected by longitudinally extending ribs. The ribs and sheets are connected with rounded joint areas, which significantly improve the mechanical properties and solve undercut and die line problems existing with prior art hollow plastic boards. This invention also provides a method for the manufacture of the hollow board of thermoplastic resin thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a sealant strip which can be used between substrate surfaces such as a pair of glass sheets or panes, the strip includes a shape retaining base member having an insulating body associated therewith. The body further incorporates an insulating material having a desiccant material impregnated therein.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. Hooks are carried by the base cooperating with complementary loops carried on material when pressed against the attachment members on the base. Permanent anchors are carried by the base and are spaced apart sufficiently to allow foam intrusion between the anchors to attach the fastener assembly to a foamed article, such as, for example, a cushion. First and second magnetically-attractable side edge seals are attached to the base for being attracted to magnets positioned in a mold in which the cushion is molded. The side edge seals form a foam-tight seal between the side edges of the base and the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam during molding of the article.

Abstract: A device for protecting floors and floor coverings from paint and splatter having a board with flexible lips that can seal the wall from the floor surfaces. The device can also be bent to accommodate curved surfaces, such as columns.

Abstract: A means to provide a cost effective anti-skid/ anti-slip stairnose in staircases is described. The means can be dimensioned to fit across various lengths of staircases. A detachable anti-skid/ anti-slip conformable tape is fixed onto the stairnoses.

Abstract: A shaped nonwoven fabric comprises continuous spunbond filaments made by directly forming the spunbond filaments into a web in a single process. The fabric has an array of discrete surface features such as apertures or projections, or both. The spunbond filaments are bonded together with an adhesive polymeric component so that the shape of the fabric is retained. The fabric can be engineered to have particular fluid handling properties, strength properties, abrasive properties and aesthetic properties. Articles such as personal care products, garments, medical products and cleaning products are also disclosed.

Abstract: A process for making a hybrid ceramic article is disclosed. The process involves embedding an array of refractory ceramic tiles in a fiber reinforced glass-ceramic matrix composite substrate. The hybrid ceramic article so formed exhibits high thermal stability and elevated temperature load-bearing ability.

Abstract: A method for fabricating composite parts having improved pull-off strengths between portions of the composite part. In one embodiment, a sine wave spar is formed from two U-shaped channels having opposing flanges and a central web. The U-shaped channels are joined along the webs. The triangular gap created between the edges of the two U-shaped channels along the joining surface are filled by interleaving layers of unidirectional prepreg with the layers of prepreg that form the caps or flanges of the sine wave spar. In one embodiment of the invention, the layers of prepreg used as radius filler plies become progressively narrower as they are interleaved from within the gap outward towards the outer edge of the flanges. In another embodiment, the layers of prepreg used as radius filler plies become progressively narrower as they are interleaved between the cap plies.

Abstract: Disclosed is a side protective moulding having a decorative section and a rib section. The decorative section has a protruding section protruding most with respect to a door, and a curved section extending aslant from the protruding section toward the door. The rib section has a hollow section formed on the back side of the protruding section and a reinforcing leg section extending from the hollow section toward the door. The side moulding is moulded by a hollow injection moulding process. Adopting this moulding process can improve the outside appearance of the side moulding by eliminating sink marks and wrinkles from the surface of the decorative section if a thick wall section for increasing side moulding rigidity and impact strength is formed on the back side of the decorative section.

Abstract: Structural elements of great thickness are provided by having limited extent ribbing projecting from each surface structure coupled by junctions having extents which combined with the ribbing extents bridges the distance between the surface structures of the structural elements.

Abstract: In a molded surface fastener manufacturing method, molten resin is injected or extruded from an injection die or an extrusion nozzle, and at the same time, a coarse mesh core sheet is introduced between the extruded molten resin and the circumferential surface of a die wheel, which has a multiplicity of hook-element-forming circumferential cavities. The core sheet is forced against the circumferential surface of the die wheel by a pressing force of a press roller or under a molten resin pressure at the time of injection to pass part of the molten resin through pores of the core sheet and to fill in the hook-element-forming cavities. As a result, a multiplicity of hook elements are molded, and at the same time, the core sheet is embedded integrally in a plate-shaped substrate sheet closer to the hook-element-surface side.

Abstract: A plastic-made reinforced structure comprising a thermoplastic resin-made plate and cylindrical hollow rib(s) made of the same resin as that of said plate, connected to at least one side of said plate perpendicularly to the side so that the plate and the rib(s) form one piece, in which structure the following relationships hold:d.sub.1 .gtoreq.20 mm,1>d.sub.1 /d.sub.2 .gtoreq.0.7,H.gtoreq.30 mm,1.gtoreq.d.sub.1 /H.gtoreq.0.3, and1>t.sub.1 /t.sub.2 >0.3wherein d.sub.1 and d.sub.2 are the inside and outside diameters of each rib at the root of the rib, i.e. the joint of the rib to the plate; H is the length of each rib from the root to the front end; and t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 are the rib thicknesses at the front end and at the root.

Abstract: Structural elements such as baffles are formed from spaced, laterally disposed, longitudinally extended structures having longitudinally distributed ribbing, and rib segments fixed to the structure ribbing normal to the structure to form closed figures in a laterally and longitudinally extended pattern.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. Hooks are carried by the base cooperating with complementary loops carried on material when pressed against the attachment members on the base. Permanent anchors are carried by the base and are spaced apart sufficiently to allow foam intrusion between the anchors to attach the fastener assembly to a foamed article, such as, for example, a cushion. First and second magnetically-attractable side edge seals are attached to the base for being attracted to magnets positioned in a mold in which the cushion is molded. The side edge seals form a foam-tight seal between the side edges of the base and the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam during molding of the article.

Abstract: An improved automotive door panel construction which includes a backing layer of vacuum formed plastic, with a padding layer of polyester fiber thereon, a layer of dry heat activated adhesive, and a covering layer with the layers joined around the perimeter of the panel in a formed trough between die members, to which radio frequency energy is applied to cause the adhesive and plastic to melt, and the layers to join together in a three dimensional dielectric seal. The outer covering is stretched during joining to remove wrinkles and provide an improved finished product.

Abstract: A ground environment mat for VSTOL aircraft and the like, comprising drag elements controlling the effect of laterally transmitted ground jets resulting from jet entry to the mat, so as to reduce hot gas and debris ingestion by the aircraft's air intakes, suck-down on the aircraft's surfaces and ground or deck erosion or heating. The drag elements may comprise or perforated metal twisted flat strips tubes or perforated elements hingedly attached to a backing layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dimensionally stable gauze three-dimensionally deformed by deep drawing, which is based on a flat-shaped resin-coated textile material capable of being deep drawn, the open meshes of which are formed from the meshes, extended by deep drawing, of a woven fabric or of a knitted fabric, and which has a metallized surface. The surface metal coating has a thickness of up to 300 .mu.m and consists of one or more layers. Various applications and a process for the manufacture of this gauze are also described.

Abstract: A method for molding a plastic part comprises preforming a film laminate and insert molding a plastic substrate against the film laminate. According to one embodiment, the film laminate is preformed with re-entrant edge portions. The insert molding step involves positioning the film laminate in a mold cavity, closing the mold and injecting molten resin into the mold cavity against the film laminate. The force of the closing of the mold and the injection of the resin causes the re-entrant edge portions to curl up under the solidifying resin to ensure complete coverage of the longitudinal edges of the plastic substrate by the film laminate. According to another embodiment, a stencil of an image is made in the film laminate prior to the insert molding. The resin injected into the mold flows into the stencil so that the image is visible against the surrounding surface of the film laminate.

Abstract: Fiber reinforced plastic FRP formed about concrete piles and columns. The FRP components generally includes an exterior shell and an interior pultruted component. The exterior shell can include multilayers of fibers wrapped in straight hoop patterns in single sheets with or without longitudinal axial fibers. Alternatively the exterior shell can include angled wrapped fibers. The interior FRP pultruted component comes in various forms such as pultruted ribs, crossed attached ribs, interior co-axial concentric cylinders and additional shapes such as ones having an H cross-shaped pattern. The FRP materials can consist of fiber and resin such as a preferred embodiment of approximately 60% glass and 40% polyester. Other fiber type materials include but are not limited to glass, carbon, Kevlar, combinations thereof, and the like. Types of resin include but are not limited to polyester, vinylester, epoxy, combinations thereof, and the like.

Abstract: A process for injection molding a multi-colored article in an injection mold, in which a) a desired initial quantity of a first-colored material is metered to a first desired portion of the cavity; b) a desired quantity of a second-colored material is supplied to the cavity, contiguously with the first-colored material, and is metered to a second desired portion of the cavity. The location of the first and second desired portions within in the cavity being controlled by providing the first and second-colored materials with appropriate melt viscosities and controlling the temperature and rate of supply of the first and second-colored materials. A multi-colored preform formed by the process that is suitable for blow molding a multi-colored container, and a multi-colored container blow molded from such a preform are also provided.

Abstract: A heat-activatable adhesive article is provided. The article, preferably a tape, includes a substantially laterally stable heat recoverable carrier film having at least one surface comprising a recessed surface portion and a raised surface portion therein; and an adhesive layer in the recessed surface portion in an amount such that the adhesive does not extend above the raised surface portion thereby forming an exposed raised surface portion. In use, the carrier film recovers upon exposure to heat thereby allowing the adhesive in the recessed surface portion to contact a substrate. The heat-activatable adhesive article can be positionable, repositionable, or both.

Abstract: An improved surface covering includes a base having a plurality of receiving grooves on one side and a plurality of working grooves on the other side. Each receiving groove includes gripping projections and is constructed to receive and grip a filler material. To assemble the surface material, the base material is flexed so that the size of the receiving grooves is enlarged thereby making insertion of the filler material easy.

Abstract: A spacing fabric (3), in particular velour fabric, which spacing fabric has a first and second layer (4, 5) and intermediate webs (7) connecting these layers (4, 5) and is made of a technical yarn like aramide fibre, carbon fibre, ceramic fibre, or, in particular, glass fibre, with a resetting force inherent to the intermediate webs (7) which tends to automatically keep the layers (4, 5) of the spacing fabric (3) apart, especially also after resinification. The invention proposes that, in order to control the spacing of the layers of the spacing fabric, the layers (4, 5) of the spacing fabric (3) be attached to one another so that they can be detached.

Abstract: A structural element suitable for walls, tanks and bulkhead structures comprising opposed, axially extended surface structures and ribbing interposed therebetween in freely movable relation responsive to a temporary first relative dimensional condition of the surface structures and ribbing, and in blocking relation against separation of the surface structures responsive to a persistent second relative dimensional condition of the surface structures and ribbing.

Abstract: Joining of two elements of aluminum or aluminum alloys, where at least one element is the outer layer forming a part of a composite. The connection is made via a weld bead made by fusion welding at least one outer layer of the one element to the second element. The invention is particularly well suited for manufacturing complex, mechanically stable, load bearing structures of any desired shape that contain composites. The invention also concerns the method for fusion welding composites in which the preparation of the weld bead area is of decisive importance.

Abstract: A light-transmissive panel is provided having a unitary synthetic resin skeletal structure having a continuous length. The panel may be used alone or in a multiple panel structure. The panel structure has first and second exterior plates and at least two spaced apart interior plates located within a space between the first and second plates such that the first, second and interior plates lie in planes generally parallel to each other along the length of the structure and a space is created between each pair of plates. The first, second and interior plates are interconnected by a plurality of walls extending in a direction perpendicular to the planes of the plates forming a plurality of continuous cellular voids extending parallel to the length of the structure. In a multiple panel structure in which two or more juxtaposed panels are joined together by a connector, the first plate of each panel in the structure has two length-wise extending recessed channels.

Abstract: A dynamic insulation wall element for use in a building to improve in natural manner the comfort of the building with respect to temperature, sound level, air flow, and humidity, the element being constituted by a composite plate having at least one layer made of a thermally insulating material that is provided with spacers on at least one of its faces, the spacers defining an air passage in at least two directions parallel to the plate for causing air to enter and flow within the building, wherein the composite plate further includes a layer that is strong and hydrophilic and that is disposed against the spacers of the layer of thermally insulating material.

Abstract: An improved flexible multilayer heat reflective blanket for use in the curing of concrete and other insulative uses. Also disclosed is an improved method of insulation incorporating the heat reflective characteristics of metallic foil layers. The blanket comprises thermoplastic, moisture-impervious outer surface layers which enclose insulative layers and heat reflective layers of aluminum foil or like heat reflective materials. The foil layers contain the heat radiating from the surface to be insulated by reflecting heat escaping through the insulative layers of the blanket back through the insulative layers towards the insulated surface, resulting in a heat reflective blanket with increased thermal resistance without a corresponding increase in thickness. The use of heat reflective layers obviates the need for additional layers of insulation resulting in a thinner, lightweight and more flexible heat reflective blanket.

Abstract: A composite article useful as a material of construction made of a plurality of individual pieces of corrugated cardboard cut from scrap corrugated boxes or sheets. The corrugated pieces lie in a shingle-like configuration, a bridge-like configuration, or a combination thereof and form multiple, generally planar layers of individual corrugated cardboard pieces having a length only a fraction of the full length of the article. The material of construction is particularly useful in making shipping pallets to replace wood pallets currently in use and as a substitute for wood products in general.

Abstract: An internally pressurizable lightweight high tensile strength multi-layered structure with an outer barrier layer envelope of elastomeric semi-permeable material for use as a cushioning device is provided. The barrier layer is bonded, at a multiplicity of sites, to substantially the entire distal surfaces of a double-walled drop-thread linked fabric wherein the filaments are a highly distorted, long chain, axially orientated crystalline molecular structure which has a low gas permeability. The bond between the barrier layer and the facing fabric is substantially increased by the presence of fibrils and texturizing. The drop threads which are likewise texturized, function to maintain the composite structure in either a substantially flat or planar or contoured configuration without weldments within the select load-bearing areas. This product is capable of withstanding substantial internal inflation pressures, under long-term steady state and cyclical compression and flexural fatigue conditions.

Abstract: A fastener of the hook and loop type intended to be incorporated into plastic articles by plastic molding processes is formed of a known separable fastener member having a base member and a plurality of engaging elements upstanding from one surface thereof. A vinyl plastisol, thermoplastic, or rubber encasement which intimately surrounds the individual engaging elements protects the elements when they are exposed to the harsh environment of a molding process. The fastener is placed in a mold and molded into, as an integral part thereof, a plastic part. The encasement is removable from the engaging elements after the molding process, to expose the engaging elements, without permanently deforming or substantially destroying the fastening performance thereof.

Abstract: A plank for loading surfaces of a picnic bench, bleacher, boat dock and the like including an elongated element formed of a synthetic resin, a plurality of elongated reinforcing bars, and structure provided for connecting the reinforcing bars to the synthetic resin element. The synthetic resin element is formed with a substantially flat web defining a load surface and an undersurface, a pair of side walls extending normally from the undersurface along the length of the element, a plurality of internal walls inward of and parallel to the side walls, and structure for restraining twisting of the reinforcing bars about their longitudinal axis during loading of the plank. The reinforcing bars support the synthetic resin element and restrict bending along the length of the element.

Abstract: A decorative art form structured to be a substantially rigid and free-standing display is disclosed. The decorative art form includes a first sheet of material lying generally in a first plane and having a plurality of apertures formed therethrough in a predetermined pattern to outline the profile of the decorative art form. Also included is a second sheet of material lying generally in a second plane which is generally parallel to the first plane. The second sheet has a predetermined plurality of second apertures formed therethrough in a predetermined pattern which outlines the same profile as that outlined by the predetermined pattern of first apertures formed through the first sheet. A predetermined plurality of retainers are inserted into corresponding apertures of the first and second sheets to maintain the first and second sheets in a rigid and parallel relationship to form a free-standing decorative art form.

Abstract: The car interior member and its molding method are offered to improve recycling and to reduce the number of parts. The instrument panel 10 as the car interior member is made by molding integrally the core member 11 organizing the main structure of certain area of car interior and the functional member 12, 13, 14 having particular function and attached to the core member 11 by the blow molding. On the occasion of then, the number of parts can be more reduced when the base layer arranging the most inside and the foamed layer and the surface layer arranging outside of the base layer are effected by the multilayer blow molding in case of the instrument panel 10 formed with the multi-layer construction.

Abstract: A gas-introduced injection molding is disclosed, which is obtained by charging molten resin into a die and introducing gas into the charged molten resin. The molding thus obtained has a sufficient thickness portion extending linearly as a framework and a sheet-like small thickness portion integral with the sufficient thickness portion and having a uniform thickness, a space being formed inside the sufficient thickness portion. Thus, even by reducing the overall thickness of the molding it is possible to ensure sufficient rigidity with the hollow portion, and the molding is thus best suited as a sheet-like product requiring a predetermined rigidity, such as an automobile bumper, a household electric product casing, etc.

Abstract: A chopping board is supported on a pad formed from a plastic material which prevents the chopping board from slipping or vibrating when used for chopping different food products. The pad includes a peripheral wall, abutments spaced from and extending circumferentially around an inner surface of the wall, and a corner through hole. The upper surface of the pad is provided with a plurality of spaced convex areas, with each area having an upwardly extending projection. The lower surface of the pad is provided with a plurality of corresponding spaced concave areas, with a plurality of downwardly extending projections disposed between the concave areas. The chopping board may be provided with a corner hole corresponding to the hole of the pad to permit the board and pad to be hung together on a hanger for storage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a canvas reinforcement structure which enables canvas to become strong enough to sustain greater external force (such as wind), and enlarge tension strength to avoid breakage as well as form overall restraint effect for obtaining whole covering performance; it comprises reinforcement corner block mounted on respective corners of canvas, and corner block including upper and lower reinforcement pieces to form contact limited room and outlet hole for retaining canvas and therefore rivetting together with canvas by means of rivet; central position having through hole, collar rope hole for building up each corner of canvas with resistant ability against tearing force without risk of breakage; and restraint portion is folded with appropriate width of canvas for inserting restraint rope and auxiliary rope wrapping body so as to strengthen resistance of canvas periphery against lifting over as well as reinforcing the effect of secure tying.

Abstract: A structural element core adapted to space apart opposed first and second, laterally and longitudinally extended, generally planar surface structures, the core comprising a closed figure pattern of ribbing defined by a plurality of periodically intersecting laterally or longitudinally disposed and vertically stacked fibers and a fiber supporting plastic matrix, the fibers and matrix being radially deflected at their locus of intersection with oppositely disposed fibers and matrix sufficiently to be vertically stacked to the same height at their locus of intersection as between. comprising opposed first and second. The core is usefully combined with one or more planar surface structures to form a structural element e.g., an aircraft panel.

Abstract: A structural panel has thin inner and outer facesheets bonded to a lightweight structural interior core of a honeycomb material. The inner facesheet is for receiving equipment that generates heat to be dissipated and the outer facesheet is adapted to dissipate such heat, such as by radiation. A plurality of closely-spaced heat pipes interior to the panel are thermally coupled to each other and to the inner facesheet for receiving heat from the equipment mounted thereon. A plurality of spaced-apart heat pipes interior to the panel are at about right angles to the closely-spaced heat pipes and are thermally coupled to the outer facesheet and to the closely-spaced heat pipes proximate their intersections therewith. Heat to be dissipated flows along short, direct and efficient paths from the equipment to the inner facesheet, to the closely-spaced heat pipes, to the spaced-apart heat pipes and to the outer facesheet from whence it is dissipated.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin shaped article is prepared by supplying a preheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet between upper and lower molds, positioning the upper and lower molds so that a clearance between the upper and lower molds at the time of the completion of mold clamping is larger than a thickness of the unpreheated fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet, and supplying a molten thermoplastic resin in a recess provided in at least one of the upper and lower molds through a resin passage provided in the mold so that a portion formed from the molten thermoplastic resin in the recess is integrated by fusion with a portion formed from the fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet. The article is light-weight and also has a rib, a boss or any other projection.

Abstract: A fastener assembly of the type for being molded into cushions, and including a base having first and second major surfaces defining first and second opposed ends and first and second opposed side edges. Hooks are carried by the base cooperating with complementary loops carried on material when pressed against the attachment members on the base. Permanent anchors are carried by the base and are spaced apart sufficiently to allow foam intrusion between the anchors to attach the fastener assembly to a foamed article, such as, for example, a cushion. First and second magnetically-attractable side edge seals are attached to the base for being attracted to magnets positioned in a mold in which the cushion is molded. The side edge seals form a foam-tight seal between the side edges of the base and the mold to prevent intrusion of liquid foam during molding of the article.

Abstract: There is described a multiple-pane sealed glazing unit having two or more parallel glazing sheets which are spaced apart and sealed at the peripheral edges. Incorporated within the unit is a decorative feature comprised of patterns applied to two or more of the glazing sheets and where at least portions of these patterns register with each other and are of sufficient width as to provide the visual appearance of solid members spanning the spacing between at least two of the glazing sheets. In one preferred embodiment, the registering patterns are striped criss-cross patterns and provide the visual appearance of traditional muntin-bar windows. In a second preferred embodiment, the registering patterns are also striped criss-cross patterns and provide the visual appearance of traditional leaded-glass window panels. In a third preferred embodiment, the registering patterns provide the visual appearance of traditional lattice-work, sun-screen panels.