US 12,472,724 B2
High resolution elastomeric exterior laminate material and method of forming same
Robert Freund, Wilmington, NC (US)
Assigned to Macaw Technologies, LLC, Parkland, FL (US)
Filed by Robert Freund, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/791,485.
Application 18/791,485 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/333,849, filed on Jun. 13, 2023, granted, now 12,103,274.
Application 18/333,849 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/473,900, filed on Sep. 13, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,264, filed on Sep. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0416619 A1, Dec. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 25/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 9/04 (2006.01); B32B 25/16 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 9/045 (2013.01) [B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/538 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7376 (2023.05); B32B 2317/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An elastomeric laminate material having resolution and image clarity, which includes:
an underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate including a stretchable porous fabric with stretchable fibers having interstitial areas, which includes an ink transferred into said stretchable fibers rendering an ink graphic image in said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate, while maintaining porosity in said interstitial areas such that said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate is receptive to receive an elastomer material about and through said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate and said interstitial areas; and
a transparent elastomer polymeric material comprising SEBS which is formed as a layer on and about said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate having said ink graphic image, said transparent elastomer polymeric material penetrating said interstitial areas in a manner to remove and displace air therefrom in an amount to encapsulate said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate and enable enhanced resolution and clarity of said ink graphic image by virtue of displacing air in said interstitial areas, and bonded to said underlying synthetic porous fabric substrate having said ink graphic image therein to form a substantially uniform laminate configuration, providing said elastomeric laminate material which retains transparency and elasticity and enabling resolution and clarity of said ink graphic image, wherein said transparent elastomer polymeric material layer provides a nonslip tactile surface, said elastomeric laminate material having a specific gravity of at least 0.5.