Described is a shoe upper for a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, wherein the shoe upper is laceless and comprises: (a.) a lateral portion; (b.) a medial portion; and (c.) at least an elastic intermediate portion between the lateral portion and the medial portion, wherein the stiffness of at least one of the lateral portion and the medial portion is at least 2 times higher than the stiffness of the elastic intermediate portion.

A method of manufacturing a PTP sheet for pharmaceutical drug packaging from which a solid pharmaceutical drug is easily taken out and in which a pocket portion is hard to be accidentally damaged. The PTP sheet has a first sheet from which a pocket portion capable of housing a solid pharmaceutical drug protrudes to the side of an upper surface and a second sheet which is stuck to a lower surface of the first sheet and which closes an opening of the pocket portion. The pocket portion has a peripheral wall portion having a peripheral surface continuous with the upper surface and a top portion having a top surface continuous with the peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion. A wall thickness of the peripheral wall portion is smaller than a wall thickness of the top portion.

Sheets having thicknesses of from 1000 to 10,000 microns which are useful for the production of thermoformed semi-crystalline articles are based on polyaryletherketones having viscosities at 360? C. of at least about 400 Pas at 100 s.sup.?1 as measured by parallel plate rheometer. The polyaryletherketones are in a pseudo-amorphous state in the thermoformable sheets.

A method of forming a thermoplastic plastic component includes applying an amount of pigmented powder to a sheet of thermoplastic, heating the sheet of thermoplastic to a selected temperature, melting the amount of pigmented powder on the sheet of thermoplastic to form a coating, re-heating the sheet of thermoplastic to another selected temperature, positioning the sheet of thermoplastic over a pattern, and vacuum forming the sheet of thermoplastic to form the sheet of thermoplastic into the pattern.

A method of forming a thermoplastic plastic component includes applying an amount of pigmented powder to a sheet of thermoplastic, heating the sheet of thermoplastic to a selected temperature, melting the amount of pigmented powder on the sheet of thermoplastic to form a coating, re-heating the sheet of thermoplastic to another selected temperature, positioning the sheet of thermoplastic over a pattern, and vacuum forming the sheet of thermoplastic to form the sheet of thermoplastic into the pattern.

A method for forming a protective film on an electronic module includes: placing the electronic module and a protective material placed on the electronic module in a chamber; performing a first heating procedure on the protective material in the chamber, and performing a first pressure boosting procedure, wherein a pressure in the first pressure boosting procedure is greater than 1 atmosphere; after softening the protective material, maintaining the first heating procedure, and performing an oscillating decompression procedure on the chamber, wherein the oscillating decompression procedure includes alternately changing pressures in the chamber between multiple low pressures less than 1 atmosphere; maintaining the first heating procedure, and performing a second pressure boosting procedure on the chamber, wherein a pressure in the second boosting procedure is less than that of the first boosting procedure and greater than 1 atmosphere; and performing a second heating procedure on the protective material in the chamber to form the protective film covering the electronic module.

A method for forming a protective film on an electronic module includes: placing the electronic module and a protective material placed on the electronic module in a chamber; performing a first heating procedure on the protective material in the chamber, and performing a first pressure boosting procedure, wherein a pressure in the first pressure boosting procedure is greater than 1 atmosphere; after softening the protective material, maintaining the first heating procedure, and performing an oscillating decompression procedure on the chamber, wherein the oscillating decompression procedure includes alternately changing pressures in the chamber between multiple low pressures less than 1 atmosphere; maintaining the first heating procedure, and performing a second pressure boosting procedure on the chamber, wherein a pressure in the second boosting procedure is less than that of the first boosting procedure and greater than 1 atmosphere; and performing a second heating procedure on the protective material in the chamber to form the protective film covering the electronic module.

The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.

The present invention relates to a 3D-formable sheet material, a process for the preparation of a 3D-formed article, the use of a cellulose material and at least one particulate inorganic filler material for the preparation of a 3D-formable sheet material and for increasing the stretchability of a 3D-formable sheet material, the use of a 3D-formable sheet material in 3D-forming processes as well as a 3D-formed article comprising the 3D-formable sheet material according.

A method of forming a fibre article, comprising: providing a former having a contoured forming surface; locating a fibre preform between a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the second diaphragm being offset from the forming surface; drawing a vacuum between the first and second diaphragms so as to hold the preform captive between the diaphragms; displacing the diaphragms relative to the former so as to bring a part of the second diaphragm adjoining the preform into partial conformity with the former; drawing a vacuum between the second diaphragm and the former so as to increase the conformity between the said part of the second diaphragm and the former; and setting the preform in its configuration