MOLDED THREE-DIMENSIONAL FIBROUS SURFACED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME

摘要

MOLDED THREE DIMENSIONAL FIBROUS SURFACED ARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Three dimensional molded articles suitable for use as fibrous surfaced panels for automobile trunk compartments and the like are produced by molding a heated non-woven web formed of a blend of relatively high melting fibers and relatively low melting thermoplastic fibers The low melting fibers form a multiplicity of bonds which impart shape retentive rigidity to the non planar three dimensional web. A characteristic feature of the molded article is that the low melting fibers prosent at one surface of the web have a fibrous form, while the low melting fibers present at the opposite surface of the web have portions which exhibit a non fibrous fused form and form said bonds.