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US 2011/0212306 A1Published application
Formed entities from flexible sheet materials
OwnerJohn P. Whitlock, Stephan R. Clark +2inventors
InventorsJohn P. Whitlock, Stephan R. Clark, Scott Lerner, Karl S. Weibezahn
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided. A first sheet of flexible material is placed against a surface of a form. The first sheet bears an adhesive on one side. A second sheet of flexible material is brought into contact with the adhesive and the two sheets are pressed into conformant contact with the surface of the form. The first and second sheets are thus bonded to form a rigid or semi-rigid entity having a cross-sectional shape in accordance with the surface contours of the form.
Claims15
A method, comprising:
- supporting a bonding agent on a side of a first sheet of flexible material;
- positioning a side of a second sheet of flexible material in contact with the bonding agent;
- and
- pressing the first and second sheets of flexible material into conformant contact with a surface of a form so as to bond the first sheet of flexible material to the second sheet of flexible material thus defining an at least semi-rigid formed entity.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first sheet of material;
- and
- a second sheet of material bonded to the first sheet of material so that a formed entity is defined, the formed entity defined by a cross-section that is at least partially curvilinear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.