Described is a shoe upper for a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, wherein the shoe upper is laceless and comprises: (a.) a lateral portion; (b.) a medial portion; and (c.) at least an elastic intermediate portion between the lateral portion and the medial portion, wherein the stiffness of at least one of the lateral portion and the medial portion is at least 2 times higher than the stiffness of the elastic intermediate portion.

A flexible support sleeve includes a knit fabric sheet with loops of fibers on a fastening face, a strip of resin overlaying a portion of the fastening face along one edge, with a strip of adhesive disposed along the same edge on an opposite side. The strip of resin includes male touch fastener elements configured to engage the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of resin has a selvedge coterminous with the edge of the flexible support sleeve and void of male touch fastener elements, such that the selvedge of the base is not engageable with the loops of the knit fabric sheet. The strip of adhesive is wider than the strip of resin, such that the adhesive strip underlays all of the discrete male touch fastener elements of the strip of resin.

The present disclosure provides a collagen-infused composite material comprising an optionally functionalized armature including a base substrate and one or more and non-woven substrates. The non-woven substrate(s) can be directly coupled to a topmost surface and/or bottommost surface of the base substrate. The material properties and/or collagen infusion capacities of the base substrate and the non-woven substrate(s) can be tailored to create a collagen-infused composite material with characteristics that mimic those of a natural leather. In some embodiments, the base substrate can be spacer fabric. In some embodiments, the armature can be functionalized to facilitate the crosslinking the collagen to the armature during one or more tanning processes.

The disclosure relates to seamless manufacturing processes for 3-dimensional waterproof and breathable porous polymer membranes by spraying, dip-coating or painting a substrate with a dispersion having polymer, coated or non-coated particles and diluent and removing the particles by dissolution thus creating porosity after the 3D coating/shaping. The disclosure further relates to dispersions to obtain such membranes, to polymer membranes obtained, to shaped articles containing such membranes; to the use of such membranes, shaped articles and intermediates.

A method for producing a supporting glove includes the steps of applying a specific amount of a first polymer mixed liquid to a knitted glove; drying the first polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove; applying a coagulant solution to the knitted glove after drying; applying a specific amount of a second polymer mixed liquid to the knitted glove after applying the coagulant solution; and drying the second polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove. A first polymer film is formed to cover a yarn knitted into the knitted glove over the entire thickness direction of at least the part of the knitted glove. A second polymer film is formed to continuously cover the first polymer film to form at least a part of an outer surface and not reaching an inner surface of the knitted glove.

A method for producing a supporting glove includes the steps of applying a specific amount of a first polymer mixed liquid to a knitted glove; drying the first polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove; applying a coagulant solution to the knitted glove after drying; applying a specific amount of a second polymer mixed liquid to the knitted glove after applying the coagulant solution; and drying the second polymer mixed liquid applied to the knitted glove. A first polymer film is formed to cover a yarn knitted into the knitted glove over the entire thickness direction of at least the part of the knitted glove. A second polymer film is formed to continuously cover the first polymer film to form at least a part of an outer surface and not reaching an inner surface of the knitted glove.

The invention provides a flame retardant material comprising a substrate, an optionally corona-treated coating on the substrate, the coating comprising a polyolefin composition comprising a) an ethylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.857 to 0.915 g/cm.sup.3 and an MFR.sub.2 in the range 0.5-30 g/10 min; b) a propylene based plastomer with a density in the range of 0.860 to 0.910 g/cm.sup.3 and an MFR.sub.2 in the range 0.01-30 g/10 min; and c) a flame retardant, a primer layer on top of the coating and a lacquer topcoat.

A composite skin material for a vehicle wherein a synthetic leather includes a surface resin layer having a plurality of openings, an adhesion layer present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and a fibrous base material present on the rear surface of the surface resin layer across the adhesion layer, and the adhesion layer is present only at the adherend part, except for the plurality of openings, in the rear surface of the surface resin layer, and the base material surface of the fibrous base material is bonded to the surface resin layer.

A coating structure of a blackout advertising cloth, comprising: a warp knitted mesh fabric; a front layer, which is an adhesive slurry layer made of polyacrylic resin as main component mixed with fireproof agent and waterproof agent, the adhesive slurry layer is coated on the front surface of the warp knitted mesh fabric for the slurry penetrating the meshes, so that the warp knitted mesh fabric and the front layer are firmly bonded; and a rear blackout layer, which is a shading slurry layer made of acrylic resin as main component mixed with blackout material, the rear blackout layer is coated on the rear surface, so that the warp knitted mesh fabric and the rear blackout layer are firmly bonded, and further form a coating structure of the blackout advertising cloth.

A composite structure is provided that includes a polymer layer and an auxetic material layer disposed within or partially within the polymer layer. The auxetic material layer provides increased conductivity and elastomeric reinforcement to the polymer layer.