Patent ID: 7976947

Claim:
An article of manufacture which comprises a substrate consisting of a thermoplastic composite fiber material comprising a mixture of thermoplastic fibers and glass fiber materials said substrate having a powder coating adhered to at least one surface thereof, said powder coating consisting essentially of an intimate mixture of: A) 50 to 99 wt % of at least one ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer with a vinyl acetate content in the range of 16 to 20 wt % based on the wt of copolymer, B) 1 to 50 wt % of a thermoplastic binder resin, a thermosetting binder resin or a combination thereof, and C) 0 to 20 wt % of a pigment, a filler or a mixture thereof, wherein the wt % amounts are based on the total weight of the powder coating.