	US 12,187,897 B2
	Wood composite articles
Lyle Caillouette, Wyandotte, MI (US); Staci L. Wegener, Wyandotte, MI (US); Chris Lacarte, Toronto (CA); and Calvin T. Peeler, Wyandotte, MI (US)
Assigned to BASF SE
Appl. No. 17/054,568
Filed by BASF SE, Ludwigshafen am Rhein (DE)
PCT Filed May 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/032646 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 11, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/222490, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/672,192, filed on May 16, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0238425 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. C08L 97/02 (2006.01); C08G 18/24 (2006.01); C08G 18/32 (2006.01); C08G 18/36 (2006.01); C08G 18/50 (2006.01); C08G 18/66 (2006.01); C08G 18/76 (2006.01); C09J 175/04 (2006.01)

CPC C08L 97/02 (2013.01) [C08G 18/242 (2013.01); C08G 18/3206 (2013.01); C08G 18/36 (2013.01); C08G 18/5033 (2013.01); C08G 18/6696 (2013.01); C08G 18/7664 (2013.01); C09J 175/04 (2013.01)]

22 Claims

1. A wood composite article, comprising:

a plurality of wood pieces; and

an adhesive system disposed on said plurality of wood pieces for bonding said plurality of wood pieces;

wherein said adhesive system comprises;

a binder component, wherein the binder component comprises a thermosetting plastic material component; and a fiber component,

wherein the fiber component utilized in an amount of from 10 to about 20 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of said article and

the fiber component comprises at least one fiber selected from the group consisting of fiberglass, E-glass, A-glass, C-glass, D-glass, R-glass, or S-glass, aramid, thermoplastic polyurethane, polybutylene terephthalate, basalt fiber, nylon, and combinations thereof, excluding graphite and carbon fiber, and

wherein the wood pieces range in length from approximately 0.1 inch to 12 inches.