Patent ID: 8372518

Claim:
An article comprising a surface layer wherein the surface layer is an antistatic layer and comprises or is produced from a composition; the composition comprises an antistatic blend; the blend comprises or is produced from a styrenic polymer, a potassium ionomer, one or more polyols, and an ethylene copolymer; the styrenic polymer is present in the composition in the range of about 30 to about 70 weight % of the composition; the potassium ionomer is present about 5 to about 40 wt % of the composition and is derived from an ethylene carboxylic acid where about 10 to about 90% of the carboxylic acid is neutralized with potassium cations; the polyol is present in about 1 to about 10 wt % of the composition and comprises at least three hydroxyl moieties; the ethylene copolymer is present in the range of about 2 to about 20 wt % of the composition and is an ethylene alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymer; and all ethylene alkyl (meth)acrylate copolymers that are present in the composition do not contain repeat units derived from a comonomer having an acidic or anhydride functionality.