Abstract 1. AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPOSED OF AN ORGANIC POLYMERIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CROSS-LINKED ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT HAVING INCORPORATED THEREWITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THEREIN AN ORGANIC, NORMALLY SOLID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT HAVING A SOFTENING TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 140*F., SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD SAID ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT IN A STRETCHED, WLASTICALLY DEFORMED CONDITION, SAID ARTICLE BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I. AT STORAGE TEMPERATURES AND AT THE SOFTENING TEMPERATURE OF SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT AND BEING IN A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-UNSTABLE CONDITION CAPABLE OF ALTERING ITS PHYSICAL FORM UPON APPLICATION OF HEAT ALONE TO SOFTEN SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT, SAID ARTICLE UPON APPLICATION OF SUCH HEAT ASSUMING A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-STABLE CONDITION, THE ARTICLE IN ITS ALTERED, HEAT-STABLE FORM BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I.
AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPOSED OF AN ORGANIC POLYMERIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CROSS-LINKED ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT HAVING INCORPORATED THEREWITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THEREIN AN ORGANIC, NORMALLY SOLID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT HAVING A SOFTENING TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 140*F., SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD SAID ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT IN A STRETCHED, WLASTICALLY DEFORMED CONDITION, SAID ARTICLE BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I. AT STORAGE TEMPERATURES AND AT THE SOFTENING TEMPERATURE OF SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT AND BEING IN A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-UNSTABLE CONDITION CAPABLE OF ALTERING ITS PHYSICAL FORM UPON APPLICATION OF HEAT ALONE TO SOFTEN SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT, SAID ARTICLE UPON APPLICATION OF SUCH HEAT ASSUMING A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-STABLE CONDITION, THE ARTICLE IN ITS ALTERED, HEAT-STABLE FORM BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I.
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AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPOSED OF AN ORGANIC POLYMERIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CROSS-LINKED ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT HAVING INCORPORATED THEREWITH AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THEREIN AN ORGANIC, NORMALLY SOLID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT HAVING A SOFTENING TEMPERATURE ABOVE ABOUT 140*F., SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT BEING PRESENT IN AN AMOUNT SUFFICIENT TO HOLD SAID ELASTOMERIC COMPONENT IN A STRETCHED, WLASTICALLY DEFORMED CONDITION, SAID ARTICLE BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I. AT STORAGE TEMPERATURES AND AT THE SOFTENING TEMPERATURE OF SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT AND BEING IN A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-UNSTABLE CONDITION CAPABLE OF ALTERING ITS PHYSICAL FORM UPON APPLICATION OF HEAT ALONE TO SOFTEN SAID HEAT-FLOWABLE CONSTITUENT, SAID ARTICLE UPON APPLICATION OF SUCH HEAT ASSUMING A DIMENSIONALLY HEAT-STABLE CONDITION, THE ARTICLE IN ITS ALTERED, HEAT-STABLE FORM BEING ELASTOMERIC AND HAVING A YOUNG''S MODULUS DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASTM D-638 IN THE RANGE OF FROM ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 3000 P.S.I.