Patent ID: RE39260

Claim:
A flexible, adhesively attachable, self-sealing, thermal and acoustical insulating shield, comprising: (1) a needled, flexible, fibrous batt ( 40 ) having an insulating layer ( 43 ) of insulating fibers ( 44 ) disposed between opposite binding layers ( 41 , 41 ) of binding fibers ( 45 ) with binding fibers ( 45 ) of each binding layer ( 41 , 42 ) of fibers ( 44 , 45 ) , some of the fibers ( 45 ) located at a bottom portion of the batt ( 40 ) and a top portion of the batt ( 40 ) being needledly disposed through the insulating layer ( 43 ) and an opposite binding layer ( 41 , 42 ) batt ( 40 ) to provide tufts ( 46 ) of binding fibers ( 45 ) protruding from the opposite binding layer ( 41 , 42 ) the fibrous batt ( 40 ) so as to form a tufted upper surface ( 47 ) and a tufted lower surface ( 48 ) of the batt ( 40 ); (2) a flexible adhesive ( 50 ), disposed and adhered substantially over the tufted upper surface ( 47 ) such that the tufts ( 46 ) on the upper surface ( 47 ) are secured to that surface by the adhesive ( 50 ); and (3) a flexible, protective foil ( 51 ) adjacent to the tufted lower surface ( 48 ) of the batt ( 40 ), said protective foil ( 51 ) having edge portions ( 112 ) which extend beyond edges ( 113 ) of the fibrous batt ( 40 ) and said edge portions ( 112 ) having a flexible adhesive ( 114 ) disposed and adhered substantially over edge upper surfaces ( 115 ) of the edge portions ( 112 ); and wherein the shield may be flexed and pressed to configure and permanently attach the tufted upper surface ( 47 ) to an object ( 1 ) to be shielded and the edge portions ( 112 ) may be pressed to permanently attach the edge upper surfaces ( 115 ) of the edge portions ( 112 ) to the object ( 1 ) to be shielded so as to self-seal the edge portions ( 112 ) to the object ( 1 ).