Patent ID: 8071220

Claim:
An article of manufacture comprising: a substrate comprising a polar material, wherein the substrate comprises the surface of a tool handle or an automotive body panel; and a thermoplastic elastomer at least partially disposed directly on the substrate, the elastomer comprising: a rubber selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene rubber, unsaturated styrenic triblock copolymer rubber, hydrogenated styrenic triblock copolymer rubber and blends thereof; and a plastic comprising: one or more polyolefins, wherein the total polyolefin content of the plastic comprises greater than 80% by weight of an anhydride functionalized polyolefin and an unmodified polyolefin present up to 20 wt%; wherein the functionalized polyolefin is selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyethylene, poly(1-butene), poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) and blends thereof, and a polyamide.