Patent ID: 8431667

Claim:
A process for manufacturing a non- Hevea natural rubber latex thin film article, comprising: a. compounding non- Hevea natural rubber latex, wherein compounding consists of mixing the non- Hevea natural rubber latex with ammonium hydroxide, an antioxidant dispersion, a zinc oxide dispersion, a dithiocarbamate compound, a guanidine compound, a sulfonamide compound, a sulfur dispersion, optionally a titanium dioxide dispersion, and optionally H 2 O, wherein the compounded non- Hevea natural rubber latex has a linear swell percentage ranging from eighty to one hundred seventy percent; b. dipping a mold for a thin film article in the compounded latex, forming a thin film consisting of the compounded latex on the mold; c. curing the thin film consisting of the compounded latex on the mold at a temperature in the range of one-hundred to one hundred twenty degrees Celsius; and d. removing the thin film from the mold after the thin film on the mold has cooled, thereby producing a thin film article with a thickness of less than about eighty microns.