Abstract: A multi-component floor mat that, in one embodiment, is comprised of a first base or frame portion, intended to be positioned on the floor, that is dimensioned to accommodate a second flexible textile mat or rug portion that is releasably held in place on or in said base or frame portion by a plurality of magnets associated with one or both portions, thereby allowing for the easy removal or replacement of the textile portion of the mat and the economical laundering of same.

Abstract: Laminate structures and methods for forming same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a laminate structure includes a metal-polymer composite lamina. The metal-polymer composite lamina has a first face and a second face spaced apart, and extends to a terminal edge. The lamina includes a ply of fiber-reinforced polymer that extends between the first face and the second face and has an interior edge. The interior edge defines at least one cutout. A ply of metal foil extends between the first face and the second face substantially from the interior edge filling the at least one cutout.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for Processing food items thereon includes a cut-resistant layer including a thermoplastic material ply and an absorbent ply, wherein the first layer has a surface area and wherein the thermoplastic material of the first layer includes a plurality of apertures therethrough. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer including an absorbent ply selected from the group consisting of a hydrophilic material, an oleophilic material, or a composite material having hydrophilic and oleophilic properties and a barrier ply including a thermoplastic material ply. The absorbent ply of the first layer is disposed atop and secured to the absorbent ply of the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and absorbent plies of the second layer form a border completely surrounding the first layer.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for processing food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including a first absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including a second absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the absorbent ply of the first layer is disposed atop and secured to the absorbent play of the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and absorbent plies of the second layer form a border completely surrounding the first layer. Preferably, the thermoplastic material ply of the first layer includes passages therethrough and means for lowering the surface tension of a liquid.

Abstract: Support means for sublimation decorations (2) comprise paper sheet means (4) arranged to receive on one face thereof (4a) said decorations (2), a further face (4b) of said sheet means (4) opposite the one said face (4a) being permanently associated with barrier means (5; 17, 18) arranged to hinder the passage of air through said further face (4b); a method for manufacturing support means (1) for sublimation decorations (2) comprises obtaining said decorations (2) on a face (4a) of paper sheet means (4), permanently associating with a further face (4b) of said sheet means (4) opposite the said one face (4a) barrier means (5; 17, 18) arranged to substantially prevent the passage of air through said further face (4b).

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the first layer includes a plurality of non-circular apertures therein. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the absorbent ply of the first layer is disposed on and secured to the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and absorbent plies of the second layer extend beyond the surface area of the first layer to form a border completely surrounding the first layer.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic ply of the first layer includes a plurality of apertures therein. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The first layer is disposed on and secured to the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and absorbent plies of the second layer extend beyond the surface area of the first layer to form a border completely surrounding the first layer. At least one of the absorbent plies is crepe paper, a roughened absorbent material, and/or includes an odor absorbing material therein.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon comprises a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including a cellulosic ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic material ply of the first layer includes a plurality of apertures therethrough. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including a cellulosic ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cellulosic ply of the first layer is disposed on and secured to the cellulosic ply of the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and cellulosic plies of the second layer extend beyond the surface area of the first layer to form a border completely surrounding the first layer.

Abstract: A disposable cutting sheet for cutting and preparation of food items thereon includes a first cut-resistant layer having a first surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply, wherein the thermoplastic ply includes a plurality of apertures therethrough. The cutting sheet further includes a second layer having a second surface area and including an absorbent ply and a thermoplastic material ply. The cutting sheet further includes a third layer including an absorbent ply, wherein the third layer is disposed on and secured to the thermoplastic material ply of the second layer on a side opposite the second layer absorbent ply. The absorbent ply of the first layer is disposed on and secured to the absorbent ply and the second layer such that portions of the thermoplastic and absorbent plies of the second layer extend beyond the surface area of the first layer to form a border completely surrounding the first layer.

Abstract: A three-layer asphalt composition shingle where the top layer is of a full width, a middle layer is less than the full width, and a bottom layer has a width shorter than the middle layer. The middle and top layers of the shingle have tabs and cutouts. The tabs of each such layer generally differ in some feature. Moreover, the corresponding tabs between the middle layer and top layer also differ with respect to some feature, such as a lengthwise size, a widthwise size, shape or in color. Each of the three layers includes color zones, and often plural color zones. The different tab features and the different color features of the various layers provide a high degree of randomness to enhance a visual appearance to a roof shingled with such type of shingles.

Abstract: A composite molding is formed by welding and joining a foam to a substrate made of a synthetic resin, the foam including a hard skin layer and a foamed layer formed by foaming a foamable synthetic resin in an unhardened state within the skin layer as the pressure of a cavity is decreased, wherein the skin layer includes a cover covering the foamed layer and a collar projecting outward from the edge of the cover on the substrate side while being directly welded and joined to the surface of the substrate. Therefore, the edge of the skin layer on the substrate side can be adequately hardened, thereby enabling adequate formation of the foamed layer and adequate welding between the foam and the substrate.

Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.

Abstract: Two surfaces are adhesively bonded together by providing on one of the surfaces a central, single point adhesive contact deposit and providing on one of the surfaces, adhesive extending from a central point deposit in a spoke-like array diagonally across substantially the entire surface. Also provided is the article obtained by the above method as well as the assembly used for bonding the two surfaces together. The surfaces are brought together, one on top of the other, with the adhesive located between the surfaces to cause the adhesive to spread out and cover the surfaces to thereby bond them together.

Abstract: A pliable pad includes a layer formed of an absorbent material and a formable material arranged generally parallel to each other. The selected formable material, such as aluminum foil, is capable of assuming a desired shape and of retaining the desired shape which has been assumed. As a result, the formable material can be shaped so that the pliable pad defines a basin for collecting and absorbing liquids. The pliable pad can also include one or more layers for defining a liquid barrier. The pliable pad can be used to collect excess liquid produced during a medical procedure, such as the irrigation of a wound, or can be used in other, non-medical applications in which liquid is to be collected.

Abstract: A decorative component for use as a piece of trim including an unlaminated flexible sheet of material having a front face and a back face and a periphery, and a stiffener for fixing a shape of the sheet of material relative to a desired shape of the decorative component. The stiffener is a flexible bead affixed to at least a portion of only the periphery of only the back base of the sheet of material. The front face of the sheet of material is an aspect conferring face.

Abstract: A composite panel having a non-adhesion portion is mounted on a stationary table and a bending table and is fixed thereto by vacuum adsorption pads. An upper portion bending table is mounted on a face sheet providing the non-adhesion portion. The face sheet is secured using the vacuum adsorption pad on the bending table. The bending table is rotated, so that the face sheet is bent. The center core member is cut with a V-shape. An adhesion agent is coated. Next, by rotating the lower bending table, the other face sheet and the center core member are bent so that the core member is adhered to the upper face sheet. Without causing a gap between a face sheet and a center core member and a partial contact, an integral bending processing of a flat sheet shape composite panel can be realized. In addition to this, to assurance adequate strength in a bending processing portion of the composite panel, it is unnecessary to provide a separate member and the like.

Abstract: A glass panel (P) including a pair of glass sheets (1A), (1B) disposed in a spaced relationship with each other with forming a gap (V) therebetween, characterized in that peripheral edges of the glass sheets (1A), (1B) are bonded directly by a single metal material (3) for sealing the gap (V) hermetically.

Abstract: A packaging article constructed in accordance with the invention is provided which is formed and shipped in a flat shape, and which may be converted into a rigid L-shaped, U-shaped, triangular or square/rectangular shipping or storage container for the protection of articles during shipping and storage. The packaging article is constructed using a rigid but pliable member to allow for ease in formation and handling, but after formation into an L-shaped, U-shaped or other shaped shipping or storage container, to produce a rigid storage structure or tube.

Abstract: A planar carrier for a coded card is substantially aesthetically irreversibly convertible from a substantially two-dimensional blank into a three-dimensional card enclosing gift package.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and devices for personal cleaning and, in particular, for cleaning and/or drying following defecation or urination, or for cleaning and freshening during menstruation. Devices according to the invention are unitary, in the sense that they do not require any configuring or formatting prior to use, and have two distinct zones of varying functional performance, one zone being configured with the principal objective of absorbing and retaining faeces, urine or menses, and the other zone being configured with the principal objective of protecting the user's hand. The devices drape over the user's hand and can be manipulated into body crevices.

Abstract: A multi-component floor mat that, in one embodiment, is comprised of a first base or frame portion, intended to be positioned on the floor, that is dimensioned to accommodate a second flexible textile mat or rug portion that is releasably held in place on or in said base or frame portion by a plurality of magnets associated with one or both portions, thereby allowing for the easy removal or replacement of the textile portion of the mat and the economical laundering of same. The pile surface of the mat component features one of a plurality of messages, printed in reactive dyes, intended to convey information to users of the mat.

Abstract: A multi-component color coordinated floor covering system including a carpet and a coordinated area rug, bath mat or other localized floor covering element. The carpet and the localized floor covering element include colored user contact surfaces. The colored user contact surface of the localized floor covering element includes at least one preselected color identical to at least one color in the user contact surface of the carpet. A related method is also provided.

Abstract: A hydrophilic elastically stretchable composite sheet composed of an elastically stretchable first sheet and an inelastically stretchable second sheet intermittently bonded to at least one surface of the first sheet. At least one of the first sheet and the second sheet contains hydrophilic material. The composite sheet has a high sweat absorbability.

Abstract: A composite solid surface article which includes a molded overlay composed of a solid surface material fabricated in a mold; an underlay core material composed of a polymeric material molded onto the overlay but which only covers a center portion of the overlay so that peripheral edges of the overlay are not covered by the underlay core material; and solid surface edge component of additional solid surface material at the edge of the underlay core material, and a method of making the composite using a removable liner.

Abstract: A soap dispensing washcloth system and method where an elastic tulle pocket is attached to a washcloth to dispense soap through cellular holes. The pocket is made by folding a flat piece of tulle into two overlapping flaps which are then stitched perpendicularly to the folds forming a pocket that supports soap in four directions. This pocket is then attached to any washcloth to form a soap dispensing system from which the soap cannot become dislodged accidentally, but can be easily removed. Because elastic tulle material is water permeable, water flows freely in and out of the pocket to dispense soap. The soap can be removed for a soap-free rinse.

Abstract: A laminated liner system of the invention includes a base layer with a front face for adhering a plurality of labels thereon and a back face opposite the front face. A reinforcing layer has a front face positioned adjacent to the back face of the base layer. Optionally, the reinforcing layer may extend to the lateral side edges of the base layer or may be spaced from the side edges of the base layer. An adhesive adheres the front face of the reinforcing layer to the back face of the base layer. The invention also includes a method of applying the reinforcing layer to the base layer, and an apparatus for applying the reinforcing layer to the base layer.

Abstract: There is provided a separable mat comprising a mat component and a base component having a flat surface for supporting the mat component. The mat component has a backing substrate, in which mat piles are implanted, and may include a magnetic composition applied to the backing substrate, in which magnetic particles are incorporated. Alternately, the mat component may include a base pile fabric to which a magnetic sheet is secured. In another embodiment, more than one mat component is secured to a single base component. The base component of the mat includes a flat surface for supporting the mat component(s). In one embodiment, a magnetic material, such as a magnetic sheet, is positioned on this flat surface. In an alternate embodiment, magnetic particles may be incorporated into the base component. The mat component may be dyed or printed to meet user specifications, and the base component may also be colored if so desired.

Abstract: A decorative component for use as a piece of trim of a vehicle having a sheet of material with a stiffening element affixed thereto. The sheet of material has an aspect conferring face on one face thereof. The stiffening element fixes the shape of the sheet of material relative to a desired shape of the decorative component. The stiffening element is a bead affixed to at least a portion of the periphery of the sheet of material. The bead can be wither continuous or discontinuous along the periphery.

Abstract: A laminate composition of a thin film of low density polyethylene adhered to a sheet of low density polyethylene foam by means of a very thin layer of low density polyethylene. The polyethylene foam has a low density which is preferably between about 1.9 pcf and about 2.2 pcf. The bottom polyethylene film serves as a vapor barrier. One side of the polyethylene film extends beyond one edge of the polyethylene foam sheet. The laminate composition is installed in a free floating manner on the concrete subflooring, with the polyethylene film or the polyethylene foam sheet contacting the surface of the concrete subflooring. The laminate composition is usually in long strips, so when it is installed one edge of one strip overlies the extended portion of the polyethylene film of an adjacent strip. Tape having adhesive on both sides can be positioned between the overlay region to adhere together the overlaid portions to prevent movement thereof during installation of the laminate wood finish flooring.

Abstract: A laminate composition of a thin film of low density polyethylene adhered to a sheet of low density polyethylene foam by means of a very thin layer of low density polyethylene. The polyethylene foam has a low density which is preferably between about 1.9 pcf and about 2.2 pcf. The bottom polyethylene film serves as a vapor barrier. One side of the polyethylene film extends beyond one edge of the polyethylene foam sheet. The laminate composition is installed in a free floating manner on the concrete subflooring, with the polyethylene film or the polyethylene foam sheet contacting the surface of the concrete subflooring. The laminate composition is usually in long strips, so when it is installed one edge of one strip overlies the extended portion of the polyethylene film of an adjacent strip. Tape having adhesive on both sides can be positioned between the overlay region to adhere together the overlaid portions to prevent movement thereof during installation of the laminate wood finish flooring.

Abstract: A magnetic layer (46) of a magnetoelectronics element (40) is provided that has a first sub-element layer (48) and a second sub-element layer (50). The first sub-element layer (48) is configured to have a first area and the second sub-element layer (50) is configured to have a second area that is less than the first area.

Abstract: A fabric towel holder for hand towels comprises a fabric sheet that is twice-folded along its longitudinal axis to form a first panel, a third panel and a second panel positioned between the first panel and the third panel. The first panel comprises a first longitudinal end and the third panel comprises a second longitudinal end securely attached to the first longitudinal end. The longitudinally folded fabric sheet is also folded along its transverse axis to form a first segment having a first front side and a first back side, and a second segment having a second front side and a second back side. A fabric member is attached to the first front side so that the fabric member and first front side of the second panel define a pocket adapted for holding hand towels. A hook fastener is attached to the first back side and a loop fastener is attached to the second back side so that the loop fastener adheres to the hook fastener when the fabric sheet is folded along its transverse axis.

Abstract: An edge-sealed barrier film composite. The composite includes a substrate and at least one initial barrier stack adjacent to the substrate. The at least one initial barrier stack includes at least one decoupling layer and at least one barrier layer. One of the barrier layers has an area greater than the area of one of the decoupling layers. The decoupling layer is sealed by the first barrier layer within the area of barrier material. An edge-sealed, encapsulated environmentally sensitive device is provided. A method of making the edge-sealed barrier film composite is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making a reinforced composite panel of the sandwich type having a cellular core.

Abstract: A wrapping product comprising a laminate of a layer of cling film and a layer of spacing material, the cling film and the spacing material being substantially non adherent to one another.

Abstract: A reflective article includes: a substrate sheet, and a retroreflective sheet covering a surface of said substrate sheet. The reflective article is provided with substantially flat base portions and a plurality of protrusions being partitioned off by the base portions and protruding toward said retroreflective sheet, and delamination of the substrate sheet and the retroreflective sheet from each other is prevented by folding back at least a part of an edge of one of the sheets so as to wrap at least a part of an edge of the other sheet therein in a condition that the reflective article is fixed to at least a surface of an object.

Abstract: A multi-layer film includes a structural layer of water-soluble film, and a barrier layer. The barrier layer is affixed to spaced apart discrete areas of the structural layer. The barrier layer has insufficient structural integrity and strength to contain a bag's contents once the structural layer has been dissolved. A bag is formed by overlapping areas of the multi-layer film which do not include the barrier layer, and sealing the overlapping areas to one another.

Abstract: A dispenser and method for attaching abrasive sheets to a backup pad. The dispenser conveniently centers on the backup pad an abrasive sheet that is larger than the backup pad. In a preferred embodiment, the dispenser comprises: a holder configured to receive circular abrasive sheets, the holder including a bottom, a top, front portion and a rear portion, wherein the rear portion extends farther from the bottom than the front portion, and wherein the bottom of the holder defines at least a 180 degree arc of a first circle having a first radius; a slider guide extending along the rear of the holder; and a spacer mounted in the guide, wherein the spacer is movable along the guide from a first position within the front portion of the holder to a second position beyond the front portion of the holder, the spacer defining an arc of no more than 180 degrees of a second circle having a second radius smaller than the first radius.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate can effectively prevent a chipping phenomenon and the production of debris from occurring in part of the insulation layer and the semiconductor by removing a outer peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate so as to make the outer peripheral extremity of the insulation layer to be located between the outer peripheral extremity of the semiconductor layer and that of the support member and hence the semiconductor layer and the insulation layer produce a stepped profile.

Abstract: An improved paper band includes an upper and lower elongate planar covering member and an elongate core member sandwiched in between the covering members. The core member is narrower in width than the coverings and has generally vertically disposed sidewalls extending lengthwise. The outer edge portions of the coverings extend outwardly beyond the sidewalls of the core member. The core is glued to at least one covering member. The outer edges of the covering members are also glued together. Preferably, all members are formed of repulpable fibers or biodegradable materials and are attached with water soluble, biodegradable adhesive. Alternatively core members can be formed of various synthetic materials or metal for greater strength if necessary.

Abstract: A display mat includes a display panel and a backing panel having a photographic print and a verse panel positioned therebetween. The display panel has a plurality of symmetrical display openings therein through which the photographic print and verse panel are displayed. The symmetrical display openings may be of different sizes and shapes and the number of display openings may vary. A verse panel is provided and has the verse applied to one surface thereof in two locations arranged ninety degrees with respect to each other for selection of a verse to fit and match a symmetrical display opening in the display panel.

Abstract: A patch for repairing walls, ceilings, and other structural surfaces, including a backing member and a plug secured to and protruding from the backing member. The plug is adapted to substantially conform to and fill in a generally circular hole cut out of a structural surface in an area of the structural surface that is to be repaired. The patch may be provided as part of a patch kit, which further includes a storage/guide device. The storage/guide device includes a hole within which the plug may be inserted to safely store the patch and protect it from damage during transport. The hole in the storage/guide device is also configured to serve as a guide for cutting the structural surface in an area of the structural surface that is to be repaired by application of the patch.

Abstract: A display sticker with integral LED flasher circuit and power source adapted to be adhesively affixed to and readily removed from a fabric article. A printed circuit board having an LED, a control circuit and a battery is adhesively affixed to the back surface of a thin flexible sheet having printed indicia on its front surface. A rubber-based, pressure-sensitive adhesive is provided on the back surface of the flexible sheet to adhere the circuit board thereto, and also to adhere the sticker assembly to a fabric article such as an article of clothing.

Abstract: An elastically stretchable sheet used, for example, as stock material for front and rear waist regions includes an elastically stretchable first sheet, a third sheet longer than said first sheet and bonded to said first sheet so as to form pleats, and a second sheet longer than said first and third sheets and bonded directly or indirectly to said first sheet so as to form pleats.

Abstract: Plaster for adhesive bonding to the skin, in particular for the covering of relatively small wounds, consisting of a support material which is provided on its bottom side with a dermatologically compatible self-adhesive layer, characterized in that all or part of the top side of the support material bears a long-afterglow imprint consisting of a coating system into which a long-afterglow pigment has been incorporated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new sheeting article that may suitably include: a carrier having a first major surface and a second major surface; and a plurality of discrete segments of a sheeting (e.g., a retroreflective sheeting), wherein the sheeting has a first major viewing surface and a second major opposing surface, and the first major viewing surface of the sheeting is preferably removably attached to the second major surface of the carrier. Preferably, the first major surface of the carrier comprises a release surface, the second major opposing surface of the sheeting comprises an adhesive, the article is provided in the form of a roll, and the adhesive surface of the sheeting is adjacent the release surface of an adjacent layer of the roll. In a presently preferred embodiment the present invention provides novel easy-to-use truck conspicuity sheeting.

Abstract: A chair stock such as a seat 12 includes a construction in which uppermost and lowermost wood veneer sheets 30, 32 present opposing support and mounting surfaces 20, 22, and are spaced from one another by an intermediate element 34 such as a pile of relatively small wood veneer sheets 36. The intermediate element 34 presents a bearing surface that corresponds in size to a planer central region 28 of the mounting surface 22, and the support surface 20 includes a curved central region directly opposite the planer central region. The stock is constructed by forming a pile of the sheets 30, 32 and the intermediate element 34, and pressing the pile between a pair of spaced apart pressing surfaces. One of the pressing surfaces includes a substantially planer central region aligned with and corresponding in size to the bearing surface of the intermediate element, and the other pressing surface includes a curved central region immediately opposite the planer central region.

Abstract: An absorbent structure in an absorbent article such as a diaper, incontinence guard, sanitary napkin, wound dressing, bed protection and the like, formed from at least two superposed layers (5′; 5″) of one or more web-shaped absorption materials (5), said layers (5′; 5″) having different widths as seen in the transverse direction of the article. The absorbent structure (4) comprised of said layers has been compressed to a thickness which is substantially the same over the width of the structure, in such a way that the structure has a higher density in the areas thereof where the layers overlap each other and a lower density in other areas.

Abstract: Flame-resistant, retroreflective, transparent, flexible, tear-resistant, mine brattice cloth with plastic-coated, open web fabric and retroreflective strips. Preferred plastic coating is a flame-resistant vinyl polymer plasticized with tri aryl phosphate ester or tetrahalo phthalate ester.

Abstract: A laminate composition of a thin film of low density polyethylene adhered to a sheet of low density polyethylene foam by means of a very thin layer of low density polyethylene. The polyethylene foam has a low density which is preferably between about 1.9 pcf and about 2.2 pcf. The bottom polyethylene film serves as a vapor barrier. One side of the polyethylene film extends beyond one edge of the polyethylene foam sheet. The laminate composition is installed in a free floating manner on the concrete subflooring, with the polyethylene film or the polyethylene foam sheet contacting the surface of the concrete subflooring. The laminate composition is usually in long strips, so when it is installed one edge of one strip overlies the extended portion of the polyethylene film of an adjacent strip. Then the laminate wood finish flooring, in plank form, is installed on top of the laminate composition in a free floating manner. The laminate wood planks fit together in a tongue-in-groove manner and are glued together.