A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

A weather seal includes an elongated micro-cellular foam bulb, and an elongated micro-cellular foam fin element attached to and extending along the length of the foam bulb. The fin element includes a spine having opposed planar surfaces and at least one microcellular foam barb extending outwardly and at a downward angle from each surface and along the length of the spine. As an alternative to barbs, another option is to use a higher durometer foamed thermoplastic elastomer in a hollow circle shape that would push into a retention pocket. A t-slot version that has a foamed bulb and a polypropylene base is another option.

A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

A method of manufacturing a multi-hardness and multi-elasticity foam mattress is provided, in which unit foam blocks made of polyurethane foams having multi-hardnesses and multi-elasticities are formed integrally with each other along the longitudinal direction of the foam mattress by the continuous foaming process to thereby mold a foam mattress. The foam mattress manufacturing method is simplified to increase the productivity of the foam mattress, and the durability of the foam mattress is excellent as well as the optimum body pressure distribution and somatotype maintenance effects can be implemented, and associated unit foam blocks of zones positioned symmetrically opposed to each other, based on a unit foam block positioned at the central portion of the mattress in the longitudinal direction of the foam mattress, have the same hardness and elasticity as each other.

A method of manufacturing a multi-hardness and multi-elasticity foam mattress is provided, in which unit foam blocks made of polyurethane foams having multi-hardnesses and multi-elasticities are formed integrally with each other along the longitudinal direction of the foam mattress by the continuous foaming process to thereby mold a foam mattress. The foam mattress manufacturing method is simplified to increase the productivity of the foam mattress, and the durability of the foam mattress is excellent as well as the optimum body pressure distribution and somatotype maintenance effects can be implemented, and associated unit foam blocks of zones positioned symmetrically opposed to each other, based on a unit foam block positioned at the central portion of the mattress in the longitudinal direction of the foam mattress, have the same hardness and elasticity as each other.

A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

A formulation for producing a polymeric material including polypropylene, a chemical blowing agent, and optional components as described.

There is provided a skin foam-in-place foamed article comprising a pad (15) and a bag-like outer material (20) covering the pad (15). The outer material (20) has a top layer (21) and a liner layer (22) made of a foamed resin. The liner layer (22) has a closed cell structure. A pad-side skin layer (27a) having a density higher than that of a bulk layer (26) is provided on the liner layer (22), on a side of the pad (15). A corona treatment is applied to the pad-side skin layer (27a).