Cirql™ Recycle
Cirql™ Recycle Patents
• Recyclable flexible foam made by supercritical foaming recycled/post-consumer plastic
• US, Australian, European, Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese Patents granted with a continuation pending
• Covered by: AT Patent 3972824, AU Patent 2020279714, CH Patent 3972824, CZ Patent 3972824, DE Patent 3972824, ES Patent 3972824, FR Patent 3972824, GB Patent 3972824, IT Patent 3972824, JP Patent 7458420, KR Patent 10-2611165, PT Patent 3972824, TW Patent I808325, US Patent No. 10,843,429; US Patent No. 11,465,377; US Patent No. 11,718,055; Patents Pending in BR, CN, EP, ID, IN, JP, KR, MX, TW, US, VN
US PATENT NO. 10,843,429
Cirql is third-party tested to serve as a viable replacement method for supercritical foaming a monomer derived from depolymerized post-consumer plastic and recycling the flexible foam to conventional foams that use toxic or hazardous chemicals.
US PATENT NO. 11,465,377
Method of supercritical foaming a monomer derived from depolymerized post-consumer or post-industrial plastic.
Continuation
Recyclable shoe-insole comprised of a recyclable foam layer including a non crosslinked thermoplastic polymer derived from a recycled feedstock and a fabric layer coupled to the recyclable foam layer.
Cirql™ Biodegradable
Cirql™ Bio patents
• Biodegradable flexible foam made by supercritical foaming a biopolymer
• US and Japanese Patents granted
• Covered by: JP Patent 7430176; US Patent No. 11,413,799; US Patent No. 11,155,009; Patents Pending in AU, BR, CN, EP, JP, US, VN
US PATENT NO. 11,413,799
Method of supercritical foaming a biodegradable thermoplastic masterbatch, where the masterbatch does not include ethylene vinyl acetate and where the flexible foam is non-crosslinked
US Patent No. 11,155,009
Method of supercritical foaming a biopolymer masterbatch including one or more of polylactide acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), cellulose acetate (CA), starch, and a petroleum-derived thermoplastic, using a twin screw extruder
Continuation
Method of supercritical foaming a biodegradable thermoplastic polymers to form a flexible foam having a density in a range of about 2lbs/ft3 to about 10lbs/ft3. masterbatch, where the masterbatch does not include ethylene vinyl acetate and where the flexible foam is non-crosslinked
Anticipated Patent Coverage
Patents are pending globally on Future/Next Gen Cirql™ products including but not limited to:
• Use of additional biopolymers and recycled plastics
• Extrusion improvements. Injection molding improvements
• Extruded leather-like material
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