Patent ID: 6123172
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B32B,B60R,D04H,G10K

Abstract:
A flexible, adhesively attachable, self-sealing, thermal and acoustical insulating shield, comprising:(1) a needled, flexible, fibrous batt (40) having an insulating layer (43) of insulating fibers (44) disposed between opposite binding layers (41, 42) of binding fibers (45) with binding fibers (45) of each binding layer (41, 42) being needledly disposed through the insulating layer (43) and an opposite binding layer (41, 42) to provide tufts (46) of binding fibers (45) protruding from the opposite binding layer (41, 42) so as to form a tufted upper surface (47) and a tufted lower surface (48) of the batt (40);(2) a flexible adhesive (50), disposed and adhered substantially over the tufted upper surface (47) such that the tufts (46) on the tufted upper surface (47) are secured to that surface by the adhesive (50); and(3) a flexible, protective foil (51) adjacent to the tufted lower surface (48) of the batt (40), said protective foil (51) having edge portions (112) which extend beyond edges (113) of the fibrous batt (40) and said edge portions (112) having a flexible adhesive (114) disposed and adhered substantially over edge upper surfaces (115) of the edge portions (112); andwherein the shield may be flexed and pressed to configure and permanently attach the tufted upper surface (47) to an object (1) to be shielded and the edge portions (112) may be pressed to permanently attach the edge upper surfaces (115) of the edge portions (112) to the object (1) to be shielded so as to self-seal the edge portions (112) to the object (1).