A method of manufacturing a panel for an article of apparel includes stretching a base layer from a resting configuration to a stretched configuration. The method further includes coupling a reinforcement layer to the base layer when the base layer is in the stretched configuration. The method also includes applying an auxetic structure to the reinforcement layer when the base layer is in the stretched configuration. The auxetic structure includes a plurality of interconnected members defining a repeating pattern of voids, and each void has a reentrant shape. The method further includes releasing the base layer to allow the base layer to return to the resting configuration.

A device and method for handling fluids released during a procedure employs a floormat with opposing surfaces. The floormat is formed, at least in part, of compressible and resilient material. An absorbent sheet is attached to one of the opposing surfaces of the floormat. At least part of the absorbent sheet is stacked to extend peripherally beyond the floormat. The floormat and absorbent sheet are placed where a user is expected to stand during the procedure, and are stacked with at least part of the absorbent sheet extending beyond the floormat. A user stands atop the floormat and absorbent sheet during at least part of the procedure. During the procedure, fluids that fall onto the absorbent sheet are absorbed into it. The floormat and absorbent sheet are vacated and discarded before starting another procedure.

A bottle cap stadium/arena table related to the field of indoor/outdoor furniture. More specifically, a table that mimics a stadium/arena in which sports fans can customize using their own bottle caps. The inventive device includes a table frame with perforated plates that hold decorative bottle caps around the central sporting area that mimics people sitting in the stands; including miniature accessories to depict a particular sporting event (goals, flags). The table, which mimics a miniature stadium/arena, includes a glass tabletop that acts as the table's surface. The table is user customizable to a specific sporting team.

A connection (110) between a rim portion (102) and a face portion (104) of a composite wheel (100). The rim portion (102) comprises a first set of fibers (122). The face portion (104) comprises a second set of fibers (124). The connection (110) comprises a transition zone (120) in which the first set of fibers (122) and the second set of fibers (124) are arranged in a layered structure. Each layer (125A, 125B, 125C) of the layer structure includes a first section (127) including an arrangement of the first set of fibers (122), and a first connection end (128), and a second section (129) including an arrangement of the second set of fibers (124), and a second connection end (130). The first connection end (128) is arranged adjacent to or abutting the second connection end (130) forming a layer joint (132A, 132B, 132C). The layer joint (132A, 32B, 132C) of each adjoining layer (125A, 125B, 125C) is spaced apart in a stepped configuration.

Structurally enhanced preformed layers of multiple rigid unidirectional rods are constructed and arranged for use in fabricating load-bearing support structures and reinforcements in a variety of composite components, e.g. wind turbine blades. Individual preform layers include multiple elongate unidirectional strength elements or rods arranged in a single layer along a longitudinal axis of the preform layer. Individual rods include aligned unidirectional structural fibers embedded within a matrix resin such that the rods have a substantially uniform distribution of fibers and high degree of fiber collimation. The relative straightness of the fibers and fiber collimation provide rods and the preform layers with high rigidity and significant compression strength. A plurality of rods are loosely attached, e.g. knitted, together with a coupling that allows for each rod to be axially displaced, e.g. slideable, relative to another rod.

A touch sensor laminate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lower structure, a touch sensor layer stacked on the lower structure, an adhesive layer stacked on the touch sensor layer and having a Young's Modulus from 0.05 to 1 MPa, and an optical layer stacked on the adhesive layer. The touch sensor laminate has a thickness ratio of a predetermined range to provide improved folding durability.

The present invention relates to a honeycomb-structured sitting cushion comprising: a lower seat in which first through holes, which are vertical holes having a regular hexagonal cross-section, are formed and the first through holes, spaced at predetermined intervals from each other by first partitions, are consecutively formed in x-axial and y-axial directions; and an upper seat which is formed on the lower seat, and in which second through holes, which are vertical holes having a regular hexagonal cross-section larger than that of the first through holes, are formed, and the second through holes, spaced at predetermined intervals from each other by second partitions having a thickness (T2) smaller than the thickness (T1) of the first partitions, are consecutively formed in x-axial and y-axial directions, wherein the centers of the first through holes and the first partitions are aligned with the centers of the second through holes and the second partitions.

A laminate manufactured by forming a step difference in a substrate by grinding a periphery edge portion to have such a size that a surface on the inner side of the step difference can be housed in a cavity of a die, and then laminating the substrate, an adhesive layer, a release layer, and a support plate in this order such that the surface on the inner side of the step difference of the substrate faces the support plate.

A bladder for a wearable article, the bladder comprising a first barrier sheet including a first surface and a second surface disposed on an opposite side from the first surface, a second barrier sheet including a third surface and a fourth surface disposed on an opposite side from the third surface and attached to the second surface of the first barrier sheet to define a chamber, and a bead layer disposed on at least one of the second surface or the fourth surface within the chamber.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a bonded structure, a method for manufacturing the same, and a bonding state detection method which are capable of determining whether or not members are bonded together appropriately. A bonded structure 10 includes a laminated sheet 12A, a laminated sheet 12B, an adhesive 14 that bonds the laminated sheet 12A and the laminated sheet 12B together, and a distributed optical fiber 16 sandwiched between the laminated sheet 12A and the laminated sheet 12B. The cross-sectional shape of the distributed optical fiber 16 is deformed in accordance with the bonding state.