Patent ID: 7105607

Claim:
A composite gel article comprising a gelatinous elastomer composition, G, in contact with one or more of a selected substrate material, M, said gelatinous elastomer composition comprising: (i) 100 parts by weight of one or more of a hydrogenated styrene isoprene/butadiene block copolymer(s) having one or more selected Brookfield Viscosity value(s) (cps) at 5 weight percent solids solution in toluene at 30° C.: (a.) from about 20 to about 35, (b.) from about 25 to about 150, (c.) from about 60 to about 150, (d.) from about 200 to about 400, and (e.) about 90 cps and higher, which corresponds to a viscosity at 10 weight percent of about 5800 cps and higher which corresponds to a viscosity at 20 weight percent solids solution in toluene at 25° C. of at about 80,000 cps and higher; and from (ii) about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of one or more of a selected plasticizer(s) being in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom; and in combination with or without (iii) a selected amount of one or more polymers or copolymers of poly(styrene-butadiene-styrene), poly(styrene-butadiene) n , poly(styrene-isoprene-styrene) n , poly(styrene-isoprene) n , poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene) n , poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene) n , polystyrene, polybutylene, poly(ethylene-propylene), poly(ethylene-butylene), polypropylene, or polyethylene, wherein said selected copolymer is a linear, radial, star-shaped, branched or multiarm copolymer, wherein n is greater than one; and wherein said composite formed from the combination G n M n , G n M n M n G n , G n G n M n M n , G n M n G n M n M n , G n M n G n , M n G n M n , G n G n M n , M n M n M n G n , M n M n M n G n M n , M n G n G n M n , G n M n G n G n , G n M n M n G n , G n G n M n M n , G n G n M n G n M n , G n M n G n M n M n , M n G n M n G n M n G n , G n G n M n M n G n , G n G n M n G n M n G n , a sequential addition or a permutation of one or more of said G n with M n ; wherein when n is a subscript of M, n is the same or different selected from the group consisting of foam, plastic, fabric, metal, concrete, wood, glass, ceramics, synthetic resin, synthetic fibers or refractory materials; and wherein when n is a subscript of G, n denotes the same or a different gel rigidity.