Patent ID: 7838102

Claim:
A laminate comprising at least one decorative interlayer, wherein the decorative interlayer comprises a thermoplastic resin having blended therewith at least one composite filler; said at least one composite filler comprising filler particles wherein about 65 wt % of the filler particles pass through a number 12 U.S. standard sieve, wherein the decorative interlayer: (1) has a haze of from about 20 to about 100 percent (2) transmits from about 10 to less than about 90 percent of incident light, and (3) has clarity of from about 1 to 80 percent, and wherein the at least one filler consists essentially of a composite material obtained from a composition comprising a mineral filler interspersed in a thermoset polymer matrix; said laminate having two or more attributes of a standard safety glass laminate, said attributes selected from the group consisting of a compressive shear strength of at least 1800N/cm 2 ; a tensile creep of at least 1.31; a stiffness of at least 1903 psi; a tensile strength of at least 2412 psi; and a pummel adhesion rating of at least 8.