A ladder having a first rail having a bottom and a web, a first flange attached to a first end of the web and a second flange attached to a second end of the web. The ladder having a second rail. The ladder having rungs attached to the first rail and second rail upon which a user steps to climb the ladder. The ladder having a foot having a plastic body with a recess which receives the end of the first rail and is positioned about and conforms to the web and the first and second flanges of the first rail. The foot has a plastic base having a top side from which the body extends. The base has an edge positioned about the body with perforations, and a rubber tread disposed along an underside of the base and extending through the perforations and along the edge on the top side of the base to form an overmolded portion of the tread that attaches the tread to the base without any mechanical or other types of fasteners. The rubber tread forms a bond with the underside of the base and the edge on the top side of the base. The foot for a bottom of a rail of a ladder. A method for placing a ladder. A method for producing a foot for a bottom of a rail of a ladder.

A carbamate ester compound represented by the general formula:

Z—OCONH(CH.sub.2).sub.nNHCOO—Z  [I]

wherein Z is [i], [ii], or [iii] below, and n is an integer of 2 to 10,

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(wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and a is 1 or 2). The carbamate ester compound is used as a vulcanizing agent for carboxyl group-containing acrylic rubber and improves the delay of the vulcanization rate by scorch suppression.

The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing an engineered flooring product comprising a core layer. The method provides the steps of: (a) mixing a hydrate compound, one or more stabilizing agents, and water in a mixer, forming a raw material slurry; (b) spreading a first layer of the raw material slurry onto a cull plate; (c) curing the first layer of raw material slurry; (d) after step (c), releasing the cured first layer of raw material slurry from the cull plate; (e) after step (d), trimming the cured first layer of raw material slurry released from the cull plate; and, (f) after step (e), cooling the cured first layer of raw material slurry released from the cull plate for at least about 24 hours at a temperature ranging from about 10° C.-30° C. thereby forming the engineered flooring product.

A bicycle saddle includes a stack of fiber fabrics, a braided fiber bundle including two bundle segments, and a cured member. The cured member includes a first cured portion and a second cured portion. The first cured portion is configured to embed the stack of fiber fabrics therein to form a shell having a front nose portion and a rear widened portion. The second cured portion is bonded to and integrally formed with the first cured portion, and is configured to embed the braided fiber bundle therein to form two rails which respectively have the bundle segments therein. A method for making the bicycle saddle is also disclosed.

Embodiments relate to a polyamide-imide film that secures excellent tensile toughness and elastic restoring force, and a process for preparing the same. The polyamide-imide film comprises a polyamide-imide polymer formed by polymerizing a diamine compound, a dianhydride compound, and a dicarbonyl compound, wherein the area value up to the yield point derived by the 0.2% off-set method on a stress-strain curve of the polyamide-imide film as measured using a universal testing machine (UTM) is 80 to 150 J/m.sup.2.

A polymer composition comprising two or more polymers may be used in preforms and containers for hot-fill beverages to increase recycled content, shelf-life of the contents, and stiffness of the container. One polymer may be polyethylene terephthalate and the second polymer may be either polyethylene furanoate or polyethylene naphthalate. The polymers may be blended to form a cube blend. A reheat agent may be used in the polymer composition. Methods of making the preform and the bottle are also disclosed. The polymer compositions may be made of increased recycled content without sacrificing transparency of the material and may be used to make clear preforms and bottles.

A method of manufacturing a therapeutic material incorporating a soft thermoformable elastomer with a phase change material exhibiting high latent heat of fusion. The compound provides elasticity, softness, formability, and heat over an extended duration and to facilitate prolonged skin contact at elevated temperatures. Used in combination with active ingredients the increased temperature and formability provides enhanced transdermal delivery through the skin. Thermoplastic elastomers may be manufactured by mixing together plasticizing oil, a triblock copolymer, a paraffinic substance and one or more additives, e.g., an antioxidant, an antimicrobial agent, and/or other additives to form a mixture which melted then cooled into the thermoplastic elastomer. During cooling, the thermoplastic elastomer may be molded or otherwise formed into any number of articles including, but not limited to, prosthetic liners, prosthetic sleeves, external breast prostheses, breast enhancement bladders, masks, wound dressing sheets, wound dressing pads, socks, gloves, malleolus pads, metatarsal pads, shoe insoles, urinary catheters, vascular catheters, and balloons for medical catheters both vascular as well as urinary. Active ingredients are preferably added to the cooling thermoplastic elastomer when the temperature is below 100° F. to prevent heat degradation and/or breakdown of vital proteins.

A novel cutting-edge structure and method and apparatus for manufacturing the cutting-edge structure is provided. The cutting-edge structure is comprised of naturally derived or renewable material at greater than 50% by volume fraction. In one embodiment, the naturally derived material is a cellulose nanostructure such as a cellulose nanocrystal. The cellulose nanocrystal is processed using a base or mold structure to provide a cutting edge of any shape such as linear or circular edge structures. The process includes dual cure steps to produce an optimal cutting-edge structure without shrinkage. The formed cutting-edge structure can be utilized as a razor blade as it is formed with very sharp tip and edge suitable for cutting hair. The base structure can form one or more cutting-edge structures simultaneously.

Provided are an anti-wrinkle composition, an anti-wrinkle microneedle patch and a preparation method thereof. The anti-wrinkle microneedle patch comprises a base and multiple needles, the base has an upper surface, and the needles are formed on the upper surface; wherein, a material of each needle comprises a low-molecular hyaluronic acid, a modified hyaluronic acid and a cross-linked hyaluronic acid. A weight ratio of the modified hyaluronic acid to the low-molecular hyaluronic acid is 0.1 to 4, and a weight ratio of the modified hyaluronic acid to the cross-linked hyaluronic acid is less than 30. Accordingly, the anti-wrinkle microneedle patch has effects of moisturizing the skin, elevating the thickness and the strength of the skin, and smoothing and reducing the wrinkles.

A gradient electrically conductive-uniform thermally conductive dual network structure-based electromagnetic shielding polymer composite with low reflection and high absorption and a preparation method thereof. The electromagnetic shielding polymer composite includes a gradient conductive carbon nanotube network with a vertically oriented cell structure and a uniformly thermally conductive hexagonal boron nitride/carbon nanotube network constructed by the hexagonal boron nitride dispersed uniformly in the carbon nanotube network and the gradient carbon nanotube network. The gradient electrically conductive carbon nanotube network and the uniformly thermally conductive hexagonal boron nitride/carbon nanotube network form a composite synergistic dual function network structure so as to make the electromagnetic shielding polymer composite have a low reflection and high absorption and excellent thermal conductivity.