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US 2011/0034580 A1Published application
Carbon-Negative Bio-Plastic Furniture
AssigneeATI Industries, Inc.
InventorStuart B. Smith
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Abstract
An article of furniture includes a carbon-negative bio-plastic and a non-hazardous blowing agent for expanding the bio-plastic in a mold to produce the article of furniture having a negative carbon footprint.
Claims18
An article of furniture comprising:
- a carbon-negative bio-plastic;
- and
- a non-hazardous blowing agent added to the carbon-negative bio-plastic when the bio-plastic is expanded in a mold to produce at least a part of the article of furniture.
A method of making an article of furniture comprising steps of:
- producing a carbon-negative bio-plastic;
- introducing the carbon-negative bio-plastic into a portion of a mold;
- expanding the bio-plastic to fill the mold;
- and
- curing the molded bio-plastic in the mold to produce at least a part of the article of furniture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.