Handleable heat insulation shapes

Claim 1

A HANDLEABLE INSULATING BODY HAVING A DENAITY OF FROM APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 52 POUNDS PER CUBIC FOOT AND A THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY FACTOR K OF FROM 0.1 TO 0.3 AT 350* F, MEANS, SAID BODY HAVING AN ULTIMATE STRUCTURE WITH AVERAGE EFFECTIVE PORE SPACES BETWEEN THE SMALLEST OF THE STRUCTURAL UNITS OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MAGNITUDE AS THE MEANS FREE PATH OF THE MOLECULES COMPRISING AIR AT 150* F, AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE AND CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF 20 TO 95% BY WEIGHT OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL HAVING AN ULTIMATE STRUCTURAL UNIT WITH AN AVERAGE DIMENSION FINER THAN 100 MILLICRONS AND WITH AN AVERAGE EFFECTIVE PORE SPACE BETWEEN THE SMALLEST OF SAID STRUCTURAL UNITS OF APPROXIMATELY THE SAME MAGNITUDE AS THE MEAN FREE PATH OF THE MOLECULES COMPRISING AIR AT 150* F, AND ATMOPSPHERIC PRESSURE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF INORGANIC AEROGEL, PYROGENIC SILICA AND CHANNEL GRADE CARBON BLACK, AND MIXTURES THEREOF. AND A FIBROUS SKELETON OF STRENGTH IMPARTING INTERLACED REINFORCING FIBER IN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 75% BY WEIGHT HOLDING SAID BODY IN SHAPE RETAINING FORM.