Structural reinforced thermoplastic laminates and method for using such laminates

The method for fabricating a skeletal structure having an outer skin attached thereto consisting essentially of impregnating webs of fiber reinforcing material with a thermoplastic material such that the fiber reinforcing material constitutes about 45% to 65% of the total volume of the impregnated webs, overlapping said webs to form a composite lay-up, forming under heat and pressure a composite essentially planar laminate from the overlapped webs, permitting said thermoplastic material to harden, thereafter forming said planar laminate under heat and pressure into a desired shape, and securing said desired shape between metal cladding to said skeletal structure.