Bristled article and process

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A PROCESS FOR INTEGRALLY FORMING A BRISTLED ARICLE FROM A BLANK OF THERMOFOMABLE MATERIAL HAVING A TA IN THE FORM OF A SHEET HAVING A TOP SURFACE AND A BOTOM SURFACE WHICH COMPRISES INSERTING SAID BLANK BETWEEN A TOP MOLD PLATE AND A BOTTOM MOLD PLATE, EACH OF SAID MOLD PLATES HAVING A SURFACE FOR CONTACTNG THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID BLAN, AND EACH OF SAID MOLD PLATES HAVING A FUSION POINT WHICH IS 0000000000000 HIGHER THAN THE TA OF SAID THERMOFORMABLE MATERIAL THE BLANK CONTACTING SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM MOLD PLATE BEING CONTINUOUS, AND THE BLANK CONTACTING SURFACE OF SAID TOP MOLD PLATE HAVING A PATTERN OF CHANNEL MEANS THEREI, SAID CHANNEL MEANS BEING USED TO PROVIDE A PATTERN OF CHANNELS AT THE INTESUFACE BETWEEN THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID BLANK AND THE BLANK CONTACT SURFACE OF THE TOP MOLD PLATE, SUCH PATTERN POVIDING AREAS OF CONTACT BEBETWEEN THE TOP SURFACE OF BLANK AND THE BLANK CONTACT SURFACE OF THE TOP MOLD PLATE AT THE NON-CHANNELED AREAS OF SAID TOP MOLD PLATE, AND SUCH PATTERN ALSO PROVIDING AREAS OF NON-CONTACT BETWEEN THE TOP SURFACE OF THE BLANK AND THE BLANK CONTACT SURFACE OF THE TOP MOLD PLATE AT THE CHANNELED ARES OF SAID TOP MOLD PLATE, HEATING SAID BLANK TO AT LEAST ITS TA SO AS TO ADHESIVELY BOND SAID BLANK BY HOT TACK ADHESION TO THE BLANK CONTACTING SURFACES OF SAID MOLD PLATES, PULLING SAID MOLD PLATES APART WHILE SAID BLANK IS THUS ADHESIVELYBONDED THERETO SO AS DRAW A ORTION OF THETHERMOFORMABLE MATERIAL FROM THE BLANK IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE BRISTLE ELEMENTS, THE PATTERN OF OCCURRENCE OF SAID BRISTLE ELEMENTS BEING DETERMINED BY THE PATTERN OF AREAS OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE TOP AND MOLD PLATE AND THE BLANK SAID PULLING APART EFFECTING PATIAL VACUUM CONDITIONS BETWEEN SAID RISTLE ELEMENTS, VENTING SAID CHANNEL DURING SAID PULLING APART SO AS TO EQUILIBRATE THE LOWER LEVEL OF PRESSURE WITHIN SAID CHANNELS WITH THE HIGHER LEEL OF AMBIENT PRESSURE WITHOUT SAID CHANNELS SO AS TO THEREBY REGULATE THE NIFOITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THEBRISTLES, COOLING THE ESULTANT EXPANDED BLANK TO A TEMPERATURE BELOW THE HEAT DISTORTION TEMPERATURE OF SAID THEMOFORMABLE MATEIAL, AND SEPARATING THE COOLED EXPANDED BLANK FROMSAID MOLD PLATES.