Patent ID: 6092343
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: C08L,E06B

Abstract:
A door member comprising:a frame having a first side and a second side, opposite said first side;a core positioned within said frame; anda molded skin attached to said first side of said frame, said skin being prepared from a molding compound, which when molded, in a flat plaque mold, has a shrinkage of between about -0.0003 to about +0.0015, said molding compound comprising:a) a resin system comprising:i) a curable polyester resin;ii) a co-curable unsaturated monomer; andiii) at least two low profile additives;b) at least about 30 percent by weight, based on the weight of said molding compound, of filler material; andc) fibrous reinforcement, said fibrous reinforcement being present in an amount of less than about 35 weight percent, based on the weight of said molding compound.