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US 10,870,533 B2Granted
Foam reefer wall backing with spaced rows of loops for better adhesion
OwnerMichael C. LaRoccoinventor
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Abstract
An improved reefer wall panel having better foam adhesion includes purposefully spaced gaps in the looped sections to be foamed. Such spaced gaps may extend horizontally, vertically, diagonally or in combinations of directions. These gaps (random or patterned) may be applied to the whole of a reefer panel or to just the more vulnerable lower sections where traffic impact during loading/unloading is more common and/or where delamination is known to occur more frequently. A method of reefer panel manufacture with such spaced gaps is also disclosed.
Claims12
An improved reefer wall panel having better foam adhesion thereto, said wall panel comprising:
- (a) a woven wall substrate;
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- (b) a plurality of fully looped sections secured at each loop end of the plurality of fully looped sections into the woven wall substrate, said plurality of fully looped sections adapted for extending in a first direction outwardly beyond the woven wall substrate, said woven wall substrate including one or more rows of purposefully spaced gaps in the plurality of fully looped sections before a thermoplastic resin is injected onto the woven wall substrate and the plurality of fully looped sections to make the reefer wall panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.