US 12,391,815 B2
Polymer foam articles and methods of making polymer foams
Jason L. Minnich, Cochranton, PA (US); Travis J. Biggs, Cochranton, PA (US); Alicyn M. Rhoades, Erie, PA (US); and Olivia K. Dubin, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Assigned to Moxietec, LLC, Grove City, OH (US)
Filed by Moxietec, LLC, Grove City, PA (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/555,755.
Application 17/555,755 is a continuation of application No. 17/333,254, filed on May 28, 2021, granted, now 11,225,561.
Application 17/333,254 is a continuation of application No. 17/077,686, filed on Oct. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,021,587, issued on Jun. 1, 2021.
Application 17/077,686 is a continuation of application No. 16/914,993, filed on Jun. 29, 2020, granted, now 10,982,066, issued on Apr. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/867,516, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112348 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. C08J 9/06 (2006.01)
CPC C08J 9/06 (2013.01) [C08J 2323/06 (2013.01); C08J 2325/06 (2013.01); C08J 2369/00 (2013.01); C08J 2377/00 (2013.01); C08J 2423/12 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermoplastic polymer foam article consisting of:
a continuous thermoplastic polymer matrix defining a plurality of pneumatoceles throughout the entirety thereof, and optionally one or more additives selected from colorants, stabilizers, brighteners, nucleating agents, diluents, fibers, particulates, and fillers;
wherein the surface of the article has a coiling and/or folding flow pattern.