The present invention relates to a flame-retardant nonwoven fabric for a mattress, and a flame-retardant nonwoven fabric for mattresses comprising flame-retardant rayon (FR-Rayon) staple fibers of 20 to 50% by weight; modacrylic staple fibers of 30 to 60% by weight; polyimide (PI) staple fibers of 10 to 30% by weight; and low melting polyester (LM PET) staple fibers of 5 to 20% by weight provides enhanced flame retarding and mechanical properties.

A thermally adaptive material configured to assume a lofted configuration and flat configuration in response to different temperatures. The thermally adaptive material includes an adaptive first textile layer with one or more sections of a first material that has a first thermal expansion coefficient and one or more sections of a second material disposed adjacent to the one or more sections of the first material, the one or more sections of the second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient that is different from the first thermal expansion coefficient. The thermally adaptive material also includes a second textile layer disposed opposing the adaptive first textile layer; a plurality of engaging portions between the first textile layer and second textile layer; and one or more cavities defined by the first and second layers that are generated while the adaptive textile is at least in a lofted configuration.

Disclosed is a stitch-bonded string comprising at least one stitched line extending in a machine direction and fibers emanating from the at least one stitched line. The at least one stitched line comprises a plurality of loops and said plurality of loops enclose substantially all of said fibers. The stitched line is gathered to reduce a dimension of the plurality of loops holding said fibers within the loops. The stitched line's weight is less than 20%, preferably less than 10%, and more preferably less than 5% of the total weight of the stitch-bonded string. The fibers have a basis weight ranging between 30 and 400 grams/meter.sup.2, preferably between 40 and 350 g/m.sup.2, preferably between 50 and 300 g/m.sup.2 or between 100 and 250 g/m.sup.2. Methods for making the string are also disclosed.

A core-sheath conjugate fiber for artificial hair has a core-sheath structure including a core and a sheath covering the core. The core is composed of a core resin composition containing a polyester-based resin, and the sheath is composed of a sheath resin composition containing a polyamide-based resin. The core resin composition contains a bromine-based flame retardant and a flame retardant auxiliary. The sheath resin composition contains a phosphorus-based flame retardant. The phosphorus-based flame retardant contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a zinc phosphinate and a condensed phosphate ester compound.

The present invention is directed to a three-dimensional composite fabric including a three-dimensional woven fabric, and a nonwoven fabric arranged on a first, on a second side, or on both sides of the three-dimensional woven fabric, wherein the composite fabric retains at least 15% thickness at a compression of about 200 pounds per square foot (psf) to about 1000 pounds per square foot. Further, the present invention is directed to a method of making a three-dimensional composite fabric and a method of installing the three-dimensional composite fabric in a landfill.

The present invention relates to a shoe upper including a knitted component having a plurality of integrally knitted lines of loops including a set of consecutive lines, wherein each line in the set of consecutive lines includes a plurality of consecutive loops which are interlooped with adjacent loops of the respective line and not interlooped with loops of a line which is not contained in the set, and wherein the set of consecutive lines forms at least a portion of an eyelet which is configured to receive a lace.

Disclosed is a fabric having a first side and a second side, that is provided at least on part of the first side with a pattern of protrusions, wherein the protrusions comprise an expanded heat-expanding material, namely a heat-expanding material that has been expanded by heating. A polymeric layer is provided to the woven fabric to coat at least part of the protrusions. Also disclosed is a process for the production of the fabric and a garment comprising the fabric.

A polyamide 46 multifilament has a strength of 6.0 to 9.0 cN/dtex and an elongation at break of 15% to 30%, an elongation rate (E′10) of less than 2.5% after heat treatment at 120° C. for 24 hours and subsequent stretching performed 10 times in a room temperature environment, and the difference (E′10-E′1) between the elongation rate (E′1) of the heat-treated fiber measured after stretching it once in a room temperature environment and its elongation rate (E′10) measured after stretching it ten times in a room temperature environment is less than 0.60%.

A heat-generating fabric contains an modacrylic fiber A and an animal hair fiber. The modacrylic fiber A contains an infrared absorber inside of the fiber, in an amount of 1 to 30% by weight with respect to the total weight of the modacrylic fiber, and the fabric has a heat-shielding rate of less than 40% as measured according to JIS L 1951:2019. The heat-generating fabric contains a first yarn and a second yarn whose fiber composition is different from that of the first yarn. The first yarn may contain the modacrylic fiber A, and the second yarn may contain the animal hair fiber. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a fabric with good heat-generating performance and durability, and a textile product containing the fabric.

A temperature regulating nylon fiber includes a fiber body and a phase change composition. The phase change composition is doped in the fiber body and includes 450 parts by weight to 550 parts by weight of a polytetrahydrofuran derivative and 5 parts by weight to 20 parts by weight of a succinic anhydride derivative. Based on 100 parts by weight of the temperature regulating nylon fiber, a content of the phase change composition is between 6 parts by weight and 12 parts by weight.