1. A mold for creating objects out of snow, comprising
(a) a substantially rectangularly shaped flat sheet of flexible material, said flat sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first end, and a second end;
(b) means for engaging said first end of said flat sheet to an area of said flat sheet a spaced distance away from said second end of said flat sheet, so that when said means for engaging said first end of said flat sheet is activated by an operator, said shape of said substantially rectangularly shaped flat sheet is formed into a circularly shaped sheet of a given diameter, said top edge of said first end and said second end being in the same plane, and said bottom edge of said first end and said second end being in the same plane, said now circularly shaped sheet of flexible material being placed on a ground surface and filled with snow, said means for engaging including a plurality of tabs affixed to said first end, and a plurality of slots positioned said spaced distance away from said second end, groupings of said slots being positioned at different respective areas denoting different circle diameters at spaced distances from said second end of said flat sheet, said plurality of slots being positioned substantially horizontally along the length of said flat sheet and substantially parallel to a midpoint of a cooperating tab, each grouping of said additional slots also being positioned in substantially vertical alignment a spaced distance from one another from said top edge of said flat sheet, said substantial horizontal positioning and substantial vertical alignment of said slots denoting circle diameters at said spaced distances from said second end of said flat sheet, so that when said operator connects said plurality of said tabs to said slots at both said horizontal position and said vertical alignment circle diameter denoting areas, an operator desired circularly shaped sheet of a given diameter is created.
2. The mold according to claim 1 wherein said flat sheet can be rolled up for storage when not in use.
3. The mold according to claim 2 wherein said flat sheet is fabricated from an elastomeric material.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-17 (Canceled).
18. A sound-deadening retention system comprising:
at least one transparent acrylic sheet that comprises at least one embedded metal cable; and
a synthetic polymer layer between a surface of the metal cable and the transparent acrylic matrix, at least in part.
19. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the synthetic polymer layer is incompatible with the acrylic matrix of the sheet.
20. A retention system according to claim 19, wherein the synthetic polymer layer is composed of polyamide, polyester, andor polypropylene.
21. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein a thickness of the synthetic polymer layer is in a range from 50 \u03bcm to 1 mm.
22. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable has an ultimate tensile strength in a range from 1,000 N to 100,000 N.
23. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable has a modulus of elasticity in a range from 50,000 Nmm2 to 1,000,000 Nmm2.
24. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable has a diameter in a range from 0.6 mm to 3 mm.
25. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable comprises iron.
26. A retention system according to claim 24, wherein the metal cable is composed of steel.
27. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable is a monofilament.
28. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the metal cable is a polyfilament.
29. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the synthetic polymer layer has been applied to the metal cable.
30. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the synthetic polymer layer covers at least 80% of a surface of the metal cable.
31. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the acrylic sheet comprises a plurality of metal cables arranged parallel to one another.
32. A retention system according to claim 18, wherein the acrylic sheet also encompasses threads composed of synthetic polymer.
33. A retention system according to claim 31, wherein the metal cables are composed of synthetic polymer and the metal cables form an angle in a range from 45\xb0 to 90\xb0.
34. Use of a retention system according to claim 18 as a noise barrier.