Patent ID: 7232856

Claim:
A flame-retardant compound, comprising: (a) a polyolefin alloy of two different types of polyolefins; and (b) a combination of flame-retardant agents, wherein one type of polyolefin comprises two polyethylene polyolefins and ethylene-vinyl acetate and wherein the other type of polyolefin is an elastomeric olefin copolymer to modify the modulus of the first type of polyolefin wherein the copolymer comprises ethylene monomer and a second olefin monomer comprises octene monomer, wherein the flame-retardant agents comprise an intercalated nanoclay and at least one inorganic flame-retardant, and wherein one inorganic flame-retardant is a hydroxide present in the compound of at least 65 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of polyolefin alloy.