The present disclosure concerns a flexible thermal insulation assembly to thermally insulate matter from an external environment, the flexible thermal insulation assembly comprising a plurality of thermal insulation covering sections comprising an outer layer and an insulated matter-facing layer, the plurality of thermal insulation covering sections being configurable in an adjacent configuration wherein the plurality of thermal insulation covering sections are articulately connected to one another to substantially conform to an outer surface of the insulated matter; and an insulated matter-mounting assembly securing the plurality of thermal insulation covering sections onto the insulated matter with the insulated matter-facing layers of the plurality of thermal insulation covering sections at least partially covering the insulated matter and substantially conforming thereto. The present disclosure also concerns a method for thermally insulating matter, such as a snow heap, from an external environment.

A hybrid fabric made of at least one textile base layer and at least one synthetic layer, where the synthetic layer is at least partially embedded within the textile base layer. The embedded synthetic layer imparts numerous qualities to the hybrid fabric formed and possible designs visible through the surface of the fabric. The hybrid fabric may be manufactured in different methods including hot and cold press, knitting, felting and use of intermediate linking adhesive or polymeric layer.

An interior trim part made by a method that includes the steps of bringing a fiber web onto a conveyor, needlepunching the fiber web to form a base in contact with the conveyor, and introducing a binder component on the base. The binder component introduced on the base is a thermoplastic polymer in solid form. The method includes a step for heating the base to cause the thermoplastic polymer making up the binder component to penetrate the base over a thickness smaller than the thickness of the base.

Anti-slip coverings for underlying surfaces are shown and described. The anti-slip coverings include a layer made of a semi-flexible material that is configured to receive contact from an object and has slits at least partially extended through the layer. The layer includes a cut-out pattern comprised of a plurality of cut outs cooperatively aligned with the slits to enable the slits to at least partially open when one or more of a downward force and a horizontal force is applied by the object onto the anti-slip covering. In some examples, the anti-slip covering includes a second layer disposed between the first layer and the underlying surface to allow compression of the first layer when a downward force is applied on the anti-slip covering.

A composite epoxy resin board, made from a raw material which includes the following weight percentage of components: waste prepreg powders of 5% to 100%, and waste printed circuit board (PCB) powders of 0% to 95%, is disclosed. The present invention adopts the waste prepregs as the main preparation raw material, which not only recycles and reuses prepreg scraps, but also reduces or even eliminates the use of adhesives due to the high epoxy resin content in the prepregs, while also reducing the glue-mixing time in the forming process, thereby simplifying the forming technology.

Composite gypsum panels and methods of making thereof are provided. The composite gypsum panels can include one or more gypsum panel substrates having one or more urethane layers applied thereto. The urethane layers can be or can include foamed urethane layers, provided for structural integrity while being lighter than conventional gypsum panels having the same overall thickness. The panel can have a dense coating layer, a foamed coating layer, or both a dense coating layer and a foamed coating layer. The dense coating layers and foamed coating layers can each offer certain advantages over conventional gypsum panels. Additionally, in various aspects, the composite panel includes a water-resistant barrier and increased nail and screw retention.

There are provided herein polymeric films and sheet structures comprising treated latex paint and one or more water-insoluble polymer component, methods for producing such films using a continuous film-making process, and articles thereof. Methods provided herein allow recycling of waste latex paint into thin films and sheets using continuous film-making processes and/or while controlling levels of toxic or volatile contaminants.

Disclosed is a concrete curing blanket including a film layer, a differential hydrophobic/hydrophillic layer and a gel layer interposed therebetween.

An optical sheet is formed by laminating, by co-extrusion molding, a first layer containing a polycarbonate resin, a second layer containing a polyamide resin, and a third layer, wherein the second layer is laminated between the first layer and the third layer, the first layer and second layer, and the second layer and third layer can each be peeled at the interface, and the outer surface of the first layer has a fine grooved structure. The optical sheet, which is provided with a plurality of layers in such a way, is capable of retaining, a sufficient amount of heat in a laminate in a mold since the entire sheet can be made thick during melt extrusion molding, and is able to improve the transferability of the fine grooved structure. In addition, the optical sheet can be made thinner by using only the peeled first layer as an optical sheet.

Provided herein is a polymer comprising from about 65 wt % to about 90 wt % based on the total weight of the blend of an ethylene α-olefin elastomer having either no crystallinity or crystallinity derived from ethylene, having greater than about 75 wt % units derived from ethylene; and from about 10 wt % to about 35 wt % based on the total weight of the blend of a propylene polymer having about 40 wt % or more units derived from propylene, including isotactically arranged propylene derived sequences; wherein the ethylene α-olefin elastomer and the propylene polymer are prepared in separate reactors arranged in parallel configuration.