Patent ID: 7365116

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising a melt-processible thermoplastic composition consisting essentially of: (a) at least one ethylene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer, or an ionomer thereof, in which the (meth)acrylic acid content ranges from about 5 to about 30 wt % of the copolymer; and (b) from about 5 wt % to about 50 wt % based on total weight of (a), (b) and (c) of one or more monocarboxylic organic acids having from 6 to 50 carbon atoms; wherein greater than 70% of all the combined carboxylic acid functionalities in (a) and (b) are neutralized by one or more alkali metal, transition metal, or alkaline earth metal cations; and wherein the melt-processible thermoplastic composition has a flex modulus greater than 70 kpsi.