US 12,240,980 B2
Softer blended nitrile elastomeric article
Shantilal H. Modha, Milton, GA (US); Sopha Issara, Songkhala (TH); and Siew Hoe Tan, Penang (MY)
Assigned to O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US)
Filed by O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/511,649.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/107,177, filed on Oct. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135776 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. C08L 9/04 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01); A41D 19/04 (2006.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.01); A61B 42/10 (2016.01); B29C 33/58 (2006.01); B29C 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 41/14 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01); C08J 5/02 (2006.01); C08J 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC C08L 9/04 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0062 (2013.01); A41D 19/04 (2013.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.02); A61B 42/10 (2016.02); B29C 33/58 (2013.01); B29C 41/003 (2013.01); B29C 41/14 (2013.01); C08J 5/02 (2013.01); C08J 7/126 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0064 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4864 (2013.01); C08J 2309/04 (2013.01); C08J 2411/02 (2013.01); C08L 2201/52 (2013.01); C08L 2312/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elastomeric article comprising: an article comprising a flexible layer of elastomeric material, wherein the elastomeric material is formed from a blended emulsion of nitrile rubber and chloroprene rubber, the article having a first surface and a second surface,
wherein the blended emulsion comprises a divalent metal oxide and a trivalent crosslinker, and
wherein the blended emulsion is free from sulfur and free from a dithiocarbamate accelerator, zincediethyldithiocarbamate (ZDEC), zinc mercaptobenzothiazole (ZMBT), diphenyl guanidine (DPG), or a combination thereof.