| CPC B32B 27/14 (2013.01) [B29B 17/0042 (2013.01); B32B 3/04 (2013.01); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); B32B 2250/40 (2013.01); B32B 2264/02 (2013.01); B32B 2305/70 (2013.01); B32B 2398/10 (2013.01); B32B 2398/20 (2013.01); B32B 2457/00 (2013.01); Y02W 30/62 (2015.05); Y10T 428/31678 (2015.04)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A contiguous composite structural member, wherein the contiguous composite structural member includes:
an pair of contiguous outer layers including a first contiguous outer layer and a second contiguous outer layer, both contiguous outer layers comprising a laminate material; and
a contiguous core layer sandwiched between and entirely enclosed by the first and second contiguous outer layers, wherein the contiguous core layer includes a rectangular major surface and has a desired thickness and wherein the contiguous core layer includes particles of post-consumable material and a thermoplastic material;
wherein the rectangular major surface of the contiguous core layer consists of a center region and a perimeter region surrounding the center region, wherein the center region is a rectangular region comprising all but the perimeter region of the rectangular major surface, wherein the center region and the perimeter region are regions of a single contiguous layer and wherein a composition of post-consumable material in the perimeter region differs from a composition of post-consumable material in the center region and wherein the composition of the perimeter region is more rigid than the composition of the center region.
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