The present invention relates to a fabric (30, 31) with at least one support (41, 41′), with at least two electrical function elements (70), and with at least one seam (40). It is provided that at least two of the electrical function elements (70) are in the form of strands and integrated in the seam (40).

An adhesive film of the present invention includes a base material layer and a self-peeling adhesive layer laminated therein. The base material layer has a thermal contraction percentage in a direction of flow (thermal contraction percentage in an MD direction) and a thermal contraction percentage in an orthogonal direction with respect to the direction of flow (thermal contraction percentage in a TD direction) that satisfy the following conditions: (1) after heating at 150° C. for 30 minutes, 0.4≦|thermal contraction percentage in MD direction/thermal contraction percentage in TD direction|≦2.5 and average of thermal contraction percentage in MD direction and thermal contraction percentage in TD direction≦2%, and (2) after heating at 200° C. for 10 minutes, 0.4≦|thermal contraction percentage in MD direction/thermal contraction percentage in TD direction|≦2.5 and average of thermal contraction percentage in MD direction and thermal contraction percentage in TD direction≧3%.

A roofing shingle including a lower layer including a headlap and a plurality of tabs extending from the headlap, and an upper layer including one or more fingers, wherein the one or more fingers are disconnected from one another, and wherein each of the one or more fingers is disposed on one tab of the plurality of tabs, wherein a number of the plurality of tabs is different than a number of the one or more fingers. In an embodiment, the lower layer is a lowermost layer of the roofing shingle. In another embodiment, the roofing shingle further includes an alignment feature disposed in an exposure zone of the roofing shingle, wherein the alignment features is adapted to permit alignment of adjacent roofing shingles during installation on a roof.

A removable stretchable cover for exercise equipment has a first wall, a second wall, two side walls and two end walls arranged to form an interior cavity and an opening through which the exercise equipment is appointed to traverse. The opening is formed as a stretchable slit opening adapted to expand to engulf the exercise equipment, and contract in a closed configuration when the exercise equipment is housed within the interior cavity to substantially enclose the equipment within the cover. At least one anti-slip surface is integrated within at least one of the first wall, second wall, two side walls or two end walls. The cover is composed of a thin, stretchy, soft material so that it can be significantly stretched and contracted to snuggly fit over the exercise equipment. Examples of exercise equipment for which the cover is especially well suited include yoga blocks, foam rollers, exercise balls and arm handles of exercise machines.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to photovoltaic module for use on a roof. In some embodiments, the photovoltaic module may include a solar cell and a polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises a polymer and glass fiber. In some embodiments, the glass fiber is present in an amount greater than about 50% by weight based on a total weight of the polymeric continuous fiber tape. In some embodiments, the polymeric continuous fiber tape comprises an elastic modulus greater than 1 GPa and an optical transmission greater than 80%.

A reinforced stretch film obtained by a method of producing a reinforced stretch film comprising the steps of: providing an elongated base sheet of plastic stretch film having a longitudinal axis, forming a plurality of cord-like, elongated reinforcement members and a plurality of plastic film strip overlays, positioning the plurality of elongated reinforcement members on the elongated base sheet, positioning a single plastic film strip overlay over each of the elongated reinforcement members, folding each edge of the elongated base sheet inward toward a center of the elongated base sheet to further strengthen and reinforce each edge and attaching the plastic film strip overlays and the folded edges to the cord-like, elongated reinforcement members and to the elongated base sheet to fixedly sandwich the cord-like, elongated reinforcement members between the elongated base sheet and the narrow plastic film strip overlays.

A display device including a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area adjacent along a first direction, a support layer facing the display panel with a barrier layer therebetween, openings defined in the support layer and corresponding to the folding area, a cushion layer facing the display panel with the support layer therebetween, and a barrier adhesive layer between the barrier layer and the support layer, the barrier adhesive layer including a first barrier portion and a second barrier portion spaced apart from each other along the first direction with the plurality of openings of the support layer therebetween.

Absorbent microstructure panels are described herein. An example filter device includes a plurality of microstructure panels each having a front surface and a back surface, and a plurality of capillary ridges protruding from the front surface. The plurality of capillary ridges are each spaced apart from one another. The plurality of microstructure panels form an absorbent microstructure array by layering the plurality of microstructure panels together such that the plurality of capillary ridges of one microstructure panel contacts the back surface of an adjacent microstructure panel to create capillary tubes that draw fluid into the absorbent microstructure array.

A method of manufacturing a display unit used on a refrigerator is provided. The method includes forming an inlay film into a predetermined shape, disposing the inlay film at a first side of a mold and disposing one or more light-transmitting transparent components at a second side of the mold, and injecting a resin into the mold to bond the inlay film and the transparent components. A resultant one-piece-molded article is the removed from the mold and integrated with a substrate having a light source.

A flexible, fibrous energy managing composite panel includes multiple flocked energy absorbing material (FEAM) layers separated by dividers. The FEAM layers can be single side or double side and can be fabricated from monofilament fibers having different properties (e.g., length and denier) flocked onto various substrates. The dividers can include sheets, fabrics, films, foam, spacer fabrics to separate the flock fibers in adjacent layers. The composite panels can be processed for breathability and flexibility. Other embodiments include piezoelectric FEAM layers and dividers for electronic sensing applications, and application of composite panels to body armor and the outer shells of helmets.