Strapping and methods of making the same

Abstract

An article includes about 85.5 wt % to about 99.85 wt % of a polyester, and about 0.15 wt % to about 4.5 wt % of a polyolefin co-polymer, where the polyolefin co-polymer is polymerized from monomers including about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % of propylene or one or more (meth)acrylates, and about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % of an olefin other than propylene or a (meth)acrylate, where the article is a strapping article.

1 - 62 . (canceled) 
     
     
         63 . An article comprising a polyolefin co-polymer consisting of about 26 wt % to about 90 wt % propylene and about 10 wt % to about 74 wt % of polyethylene, wherein the article is a strapping article. 
     
     
         64 . The article of  claim 63 , wherein the polyolefin co-polymer consists of about 16 wt % to about 39 wt % propylene and about 61 wt % to about 74 wt % of the olefin other than propylene. 
     
     
         65 . The article of  claim 63  further comprising a polyester. 
     
     
         66 . The article of  claim 65 , wherein the polyester has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.70 dl/g to 0.84 dl/g. 
     
     
         67 . The article of  claim 65 , wherein the polyester is selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene terephthalate, polybutylene terephthalate, polytetramethylene terephthalate, polycyclohexanedimethylene terephthalate, polyethylene naphthalate, polybutylene naphthalate, polyethylene isophthalate, and a combination of any two or more thereof. 
     
     
         68 . The article of  claim 63  further comprising a polyamide. 
     
     
         69 . The article of  claim 68 , wherein the polyamide is nylon. 
     
     
         70 . The article of  claim 68  including about 0.01 wt % to about 10 wt % of the polyamide. 
     
     
         71 . The article of  claim 63  further comprising a polycarbonate. 
     
     
         72 . The article of  claim 71  including about 0.01 wt % to about 10 wt % of the polycarbonate. 
     
     
         73 . The article of  claim 63  which is free of free polyethylene (non-co-polymerized), free polypropylene (non-co-polymerized), or physical mixtures thereof.