Aspects herein relate to apparel items and apparel systems that utilize applied or printed foam nodes to provide, among other things, stand-off between an apparel item and a wearer's skin surface. One or more of the foam nodes, or areas of the textile surrounding the foam nodes, may be perforated to provide a fluid communication path between an inner-facing surface and an outer-facing surface of the apparel item. The communication path may be used to facilitate air exchange between the external environment and the wearer's body and/or to provide an exit path for moisture vapor generated by the wearer.

A method of producing a variable compression garment. The method includes: identifying, in a base textile having a first elongation and memory characteristic, a first region having a second elongation and memory characteristic; applying to the base textile, in the first region, a first layer of an elastomer; drying the first layer of the elastomer to adhere the first layer of the elastomer to the base textile; applying to the base textile, in the first region, at least a second layer of the elastomer; drying the second layer of the elastomer to adhere the second layer of the elastomer to the first layer on the base textile; and baking the first and second layers of the elastomer to cure the first and second layers of the elastomer.

A waterborne polyurethane dispersion for the polyurethane foam of synthetic leather application, derived from (1) a prepolymer derived from the reaction of reactants comprising at least one aromatic isocyanate compound, an ethylene oxide-capped polyether triol, at least one polyether diol, and at least one polyester diol; (2) water; and (3) surfactant, is disclosed. The waterborne polyurethane dispersion can be used to prepare a synthetic leather product having superior wrinkle resistance, hand-feeling and peel strength. A synthetic leather article prepared with said waterborne polyurethane dispersion is also disclosed.

Provided is a synthetic leather including a fibrous substrate, a porous resin layer provided on the fibrous substrate, and a non-porous resin layer provided on the porous resin layer. The synthetic leather has a thickness of 800 ?m or more, and a vertical cross-section of the porous resin layer has a pore area ratio of 25% or more.

Hydrophobic thermal insulation fiberglass flexible blanket using a textile grade fiberglass is produced by impregnating a hydrophobic polymer (e.g. a fluoropolymer) dispersion into a fiberglass blanket/mat, such as a needle felted fiberglass (FG) blanket/mat. The preferred FG needle felt blanket is a mechanically, rather than organically, bound glass fiber insulating blanket. The hydrophobic polymer dispersion forms a hydrophobic coating on the surface of the fiberglass filaments. Integral hydrophobicity is achieved and maintained without the need to add commonly-used hydrophobic inorganic particles, such as treated silica aerogels or fumed silica. Optionally, to enhance overall hydrophobicity and to inhibit fibrous surface lofting, a super-hydrophobic coating of fluoropolymer and inorganic particles such as silica particles may be dispersed onto one or more surfaces of the blanket. The resulting blanket thermally insulates better than mineral wool; it is equal in insulating properties to (or is slightly better than) untreated FG mat; and it slightly less insulating than aerogel-based blanket materials. It is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, it is flexible, it is durable, it can optionally be made moldable, it eliminates dust, and it remains hydrophobic after long-term heating to 600 F. (315 C.), or after short-term excursions to temperatures as high as 700 F. (370 C.).

A bituminous tile with grit coating may include: a support layer including a base layer made of non-woven glass fiber fabric, having a first major surface to which a glass fiber net is coupled which covers at least 80% of the first major surface; a first external bituminous layer covering the net and the first major surface; a second external bituminous layer covering a second major surface of the base layer, facing away from the first major surface; a grit including ceramized colored mineral granules, covering the second external bituminous layer. A method for producing such a bituminous tile may include: (a) impregnating the support layer at 120-180? C.; (b) covering the impregnated support layer with non-adhesive bituminous compound at 170-210? C. to define the first and second external bituminous layers; (c) depositing the grit on the second external bituminous layer at 120-170? C.; (d) cutting the covered support layer to obtain tiles.

The invention relates to a waterproof membrane for building applications comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane. The invention also relates to a waterproof membrane comprising at least one support carrier and at least one layer of a cross-linked coating composition comprising at least one polyurethane, an optional pre-coating layer to facilitate the manufacturing process, and to join the support carrier with the cross-linked coating composition in the most optimal and durable manner to achieve good surface appearance and chemical bonding between reinforcing carrier and crosslinked polyurethane coating. The waterproof membrane can be prepared and installed with lower cost in comparison to current flat roof waterproofing systems based on liquid two-component polyurethane systems.

An imitation leather including a three-dimensional textile supporting material and a PVC-based covering that is applied to one side of the supporting material and includes three successively applied layers. The first layer of which is applied directly to the supporting material without an adhesion-promoting glue layer, the second layer of which is embodied as an intermediate layer and applied directly to the first layer and the third layer of which serves as a top layer and is applied directly to the second layer. This invention also discloses a method for producing such an imitation leather and an interior component of a motor vehicle having a visible surface that is composed of such an imitation leather.

A thermoplastic artificial leather includes a thermoplastic composite laminate and a textile base. The thermoplastic composite laminate includes a foamed thermoplastic elastic layer, an unfoamed thermoplastic elastic layer and a thermoplastic adhesive layer. The foamed thermoplastic elastic layer has a first surface, a second surface and a plurality of foamed structures. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The unfoamed thermoplastic elastic layer is disposed on the first surface of the foamed thermoplastic elastic layer. The thermoplastic adhesive layer is disposed on the second surface of the foamed thermoplastic elastic layer. The textile base is laminated on the thermoplastic adhesive layer of the thermoplastic composite laminate.

The present invention provides a synthetic leather including at least a substrate (i), an adhesive layer (ii), and a skin layer (iii), in which the adhesive layer (ii) and the skin layer (iii) are formed from respective specific urethane resin compositions. The adhesive layer (ii) is formed from a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (X) and water (Y). The skin layer (iii) is formed from a urethane resin composition including an anionic urethane resin (S) and water (T), in which the anionic urethane resin (S) is produced using, for example, a polycarbonate polyol (A-1) produced using biomass-derived decanediol.