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Method of forming a vandal-resistant seat

  • US 5,275,769 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1992
  • Issued: 01/04/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of manufacturing a formed wire mesh reinforced (vandal resistant) article including an outer fabric material and an inner micro-cellular thermosetting foam plastics material, comprising:

  • placing the outer fabric material, which has been treated on its inner side with a flexible thermosetting plastics material composition and a wire mesh in a mould;

    closing the mould to define a mould cavity having a predetermined volume and to deform the fabric material and the wire mesh to a predetermined configuration;

    injecting a foamable flexible thermosetting plastics material composition into said mould cavity in an amount, such that the unfoamed volume of the material is at least 50% of the volume of the mould cavity and the volume of the mould cavity is up to 50% of the volume that the foamable material would occupy if it were allowed to foam unfettered to its maximum volume;

    allowing the foamable flexible plastics material to react and completely fill said mould, the pressure of the reaction in the closed space of the mould causing the flexible plastics material to bond to the fabric material;

    allowing the resultant fabric covered micro-cellular foam plastics material to cure; and

    opening the mould and removing the article.

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