Disclosed is a flame protection fabric provided for vehicle cushions, in particular for aircraft cushions, the flame protection fabric including the following layers: at least one first abrasion-resistant layer as an abrasion layer including at least one textile material with high abrasion resistance of at least one fiber type, and at least one second layer as a barrier layer including at least one fibrous fleece of at least one flame-proof fiber type. The at least one abrasion layer is provided as a first layer on at least one side of the at least one barrier layer as a second layer.

In a sound absorption panel formed by stacking a plate perforated with a hole having a hole size smaller than a fiber length such as expanded metal, a honeycomb material, and felt-like fiber between the perforated plate and the honeycomb material, and joining the perforated plate, the felt-like fiber, and the honeycomb material to each other with an adhesive, the adhesive applied to the perforated plate is permeated into a surface of the felt-like fiber exposed from the hole to fix the fiber on the surface.

The invention relates to a flooring panel suitable for constructing a floor covering, which panel comprises a core layer and a decorative top layer and a layer situated between the core layer and the decorative top layer which enables improves sound performance.

External thermal insulation composite systems described herein include a concrete or masonry wall and a thermal insulation board on the concrete or masonry wall. The thermal insulation board includes a polyurethane/polyisocyanurate foam having a density of less than 70 kg/m.sup.3 according to ASTM D 1622. Methods of preparing the external thermal insulation composite systems and the thermal insulation boards are also described.

A method of forming a sloped roof can comprise obtaining a base layer comprising at least one of a permeable mesh, woven fabric, non-woven fabric, plastic, foam material or combinations thereof; applying the base layer over a roofing substrate of the sloped roof; and applying a liquid roofing material to the base layer to form a liquid applied roof.

Thermally insulated pipes including thermal insulation, outer jacket and medium pipes, wherein the thermal insulation includes a foam having a density of 30-80 kg/m3, the outer jacket includes a thermoplastic plastic (21) having a modulus of 300-1400 MPa and having a corrugated shape. The invention further relates to the use as well as the manufacture of such tubes. Furthermore, the invention relates to composite materials, their use for thermal insulation, as well as their manufacture.

The invention relates to a flooring panel suitable for constructing a floor covering, which panel comprises a core layer and a decorative top layer and a layer situated between the core layer and the decorative top layer which enables improves sound performance.

A noise attenuating trim part for a vehicle, with acoustic mass-spring characteristics comprising a mass layer comprising at least an impervious barrier layer, and a decoupling layer consisting of open cell foam and wherein the decoupling layer has a first surface adjacent to the mass layer and a second surface facing away from the mass layer, and wherein the decoupling layer and mass layer are laminated together and wherein the decoupling layer has at least one region with a plurality of indentations wherein each indentation comprises a round base area wherein the round base areas are situated in plane with the second surface and wherein the total surface area of the round base areas is between 10 and 40% of the total surface area of the second surface of the decoupling layer.

A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear includes an exterior surface, where the exterior surface includes a plurality of three dimensional structural surface components disposed over at least 50% of the exterior surface of the last.

A shoe insole includes a semi-rigid shell for providing a wearer with extended comfort. The semi-rigid shell includes a notch which is located on the outward side of the wearer's foot and accommodates pronation of the foot during use. Additionally, the semi-rigid shell includes an extended side portion which is located opposite of the notch side on an inner side of the wearer's foot. The semi-rigid shell is shorter in length than the length of a shoe sole and slightly shorter in width and may be combined with an insole comfort cover to provide cushion between the wearer's foot and the semi-rigid shell.