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US 12,472,702 B2Granted
Fiber reinforced plastic components with increased slip-resistance and methods of manufacture
AssigneeEnduro Composites, Inc.
InventorWallace S. Woodlief
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Abstract
The present application pertains to components such as tank covers with increased slip resistance and processes for making such components. Generally, a patterned release fabric is employed in a manner such that a formed fiber reinforced plastic component has a textured pattern on at least one surface to increase slip resistance.
Claims18
A process for making a component with increased slip resistance comprising:
- contacting a patterned release fabric with openings with a resin and a reinforcement material wherein the contacting is conducted while the resin and reinforcement material is sufficiently soft such that the resin and reinforcement material flows at least partially through the openings in the fabric and pultruding under conditions to form a composite component with release fabric embedded on a side of the composite component which is formed into a final shape;
- removing the release fabric from the formed composite component under conditions to form a patterned composite component having increased slip resistance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.