Patent ID: 8389634
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: C08L

Abstract:
1. A thermoplastic blend composition consisting of: A) from 75 to 99 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic blend composition, of a thermoplastic polyolefin composition, which consists of the following: B) from 1 to 25 weight percent, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic blend composition, of an extender, consisting of a second ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer, other than component A)(b), and having the following properties: (a) a density of at least 0.855, and less than, or equal to, 0.8900 g/cm at least one additive selected from the group consisting of fillers, antioxidants, cling additives, antiblock additives, colorants, pigments, waxes, nucleating agents, extender oils, flame retardants, tackifiers, and combinations thereof, and wherein the melt index of said thermoplastic blend composition is increased by at least 5 percent, relative to that of said thermoplastic polyolefin composition.