Method of making surf fin including injection molded pre-impregnated composite fiber matrix inserts
AssigneeTodos Santos Surf, Inc.
InventorsVince Longo, Tony Longo, John Griffin
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Abstract
A method of forming a fin configured for use with a water sports board. The method includes providing a mold having a mold cavity and a first insert pre-preg sheet each including structural strands bonded by a first resin material. The method further includes placing the first insert pre-preg sheet within the mold cavity. The method further includes injecting a third resin material under pressure into the mold cavity. The method further includes injecting a core substance only in the form of a gaseous material into the third resin material to form a unitary hollow volume within the third resin material.
Claims7
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A method of forming a fin configured for use with a water sports board, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing:
- a mold having a mold cavity at least partially defined by a pair of opposed mold cavity faces;
- and
- a first insert pre-preg sheet including a plurality of first structural strands bonded by a first resin material;
- placing the first insert pre-preg sheet within the mold cavity;
- and
- injecting a third resin material under pressure into the mold cavity;
- and
- injecting a core substance only in the form of a gaseous material into the third resin material to form a unitary hollow volume within the third resin material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.