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US 2012/0070609 A1Published application
Composite panel having bonded nonwoven and biodegradable resinous-fiber layers and method of construction thereof
OwnerClayton Poppe, Marc Daly +1inventors
InventorsClayton Poppe, Marc Daly, Katherine Ard
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Abstract
A composite panel having bonded nonwoven and biodegradable resinous-fiber layers and method of construction thereof is provided. The panel includes a nonwoven mat including cardboard and heat bondable textile fibers thermally bonded together to a desired thickness. The panel further includes a biodegradable polymeric composition comprising a protein and a first strengthening agent bonded to the mat.
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A composite member, comprising:
- at least one nonwoven mat including cardboard and heat bondable textile fibers;
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- at least one sheet of biodegradable polymeric composition bonded to said at least one nonwoven mat.
A method of constructing a composite panel, comprising:
- comminuting cardboard into reduced size pieces of a predetermined size and combining the reduced sized pieces of cardboard with heat bondable textile fibers;
- thermally bonding the pieces of cardboard with the heat bondable textile fibers to produce at least one nonwoven mat of a desired thickness;
- preparing at least one biodegradable polymeric composition comprising a protein and a first strengthening agent;
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- bonding the biodegradable polymeric composition to the nonwoven mat.
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