Patent ID: 11878635
Assignee: CPK INTERIOR PRODUCTS INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 21:
22. An automotive vehicle instrument panel comprising:
a flexible exterior surface comprising an antiviral material;
a rigid substrate; and
a compressible foam disposed between the flexible exterior surface and the rigid substrate,
wherein the antiviral material comprises a polymeric matrix, and graphene particles dispersed within the polymeric matrix at a concentration of greater than or equal to about 0.05 wt. % to less than or equal to about 10 wt. % based on the total weight of the antiviral material, and
wherein the antiviral material exhibits antimicrobial activity on the automotive vehicle instrument panel including viral inactivation of greater than or equal to about 50% of viral particles in contact with the antiviral material in less than or equal to about 1 hour;
wherein the graphene particles have greater than or equal to 2 to less than or equal to 10 layers.