Patent ID: 7255549

Claim:
An assembly for use in making a fiber-reinforced composite article according to a method wherein an uncured resin having a given viscosity is infused into a fibrous body to form an uncured resin impregnated fibrous body that is then cured to form said fiber-reinforced composite article, said assembly comprising: a mold comprising a surface having a first location and a second location; a fibrous body having a side that is located adjacent to the surface of said mold wherein said side of the fibrous body extends from said first location to said second location; and an immobilization agent associated with said fibrous body, said immobilization agent comprising an accelerator agent and being located between said first and second locations and being present in a sufficient amount to increase the viscosity of at least a portion of the infused resin to form an immobilized resin barrier, said resin barrier being sufficiently large to restrict the flow of said resin between said first and second locations.