A container is formed to include and interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor, a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall, and artwork on the side wall.

The present invention is directed to a system and method for making hollow foam balls and other molded objects. A mold is provided that is moveable between an open position and a closed position. A raw material is loaded into a plurality of molding cavities of the mold when the mold is in its open position, and a first alternating electric field is applied across the mold to heat the raw material in the molding cavities and thereby form a plurality of molded pieces. The mold is then moved from its open position to its closed position whereby a first group of molded pieces is aligned with a second group of molded pieces. A second alternating electric field is applied across the mold to heat bond the first group of molded pieces with the second group of molded pieces and thereby form a plurality of molded objects. Finally, the mold is moved from its closed position to its open position to enable unloading of the molded objects from the mold.

A system for producing a component or semifinished product with a fibre-reinforced foam core, includes a substrate on which the foam core having a first main surface and an opposite second main surface is to be laid; a sewing device having a needle configured to be moved at least linearly; a fibre supply device for three-dimensional supply of a fibre; and a coating device. The sewing device is configured to position the needle at the first main surface and to pierce the foam core, such that a needle tip penetrates through the first main surface and then through the second main surface. The fibre supply device is configured to position a reinforcing fibre such that the reinforcing fibre is hooked into the needle tip. The coating device is configured to coat a reinforcing fibre hooked into the needle tip with resin immediately before the reinforcing fibre enters the foam core.

Method for coating a product having a wall formed by at least a portion having at least partly a cell structure, preferably at least partly an open cell structure, wherein a foil or foil laminate is pressure formed over at least a part of at least one side of said wall, said foil or at least one layer of said laminate forming a coating of said part of the wall.

A container is formed to include and interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor, a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall, and artwork on the side wall.

Polyurethane floor covering products are formed from a web layer containing at least 30% by weight fibers. A cooled polyurethane foam formulation which includes at least one polyisocyanate, water and at least one polyol having an equivalent weight of at least 500 is applied to the web layer. The wetted web layer is then compressed to mechanically wet out the fibers, gauged and heated to cure the foam formulation.

A container is formed to include and interior region and a mouth opening into the interior region. The container includes a floor, a side wall coupled to the floor to define the interior region between the floor and the side wall, and artwork on the side wall.

The present invention is to provide a thin foam skin having cushioning effect and the excellent grip performance without slip so as to substitute the fabric adhered to the top part of a footwear insole, and realize a footwear insole and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein the foam skin for substituting a fabric is preferably made using polyurethane resin so as to prevent the slip phenomenon when adhering the foam skin to the top part of an insole and smoothly absorb sweat by using the hydrophilic property, thereby maintaining pleasant wearing feeling all the time even during long time exercise.

A composite flooring and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The composite floor includes, at least, a bamboo-plate surface layer and an organic layer.

The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing composite products having a surface effect. In some examples described, a composite product has a simulated surface, for example a stone-effect surface formed by pressing a particulate-form surface material (30) and a sheet-form curable material (40) onto a substrate (44) having an open-celled structure. In other examples, a laminate product having a veneer is formed by pressing a veneer and a sheet-form material onto a substrate including a porous structure. The veneer may comprise a wood material. In other examples, a surface effect material is bonded to a skin by pressing a sheet-form curable material to a mold surface and the surface effect material. Where the surface effect material has a high thermal conductivity, the composite product formed can feel cool to the touch.