Laminated light-blocking decorative articles are prepared by applying an aqueous foamed opacifying composition to a decorative fabric, drying, laminating a non-woven fabric to the resulting dry foamed opacifying layer, and densifying that layer to have a thickness that is at least 20% less than before densifying. This operation can be carried out so that non-woven fabric, decorative fabric, and aqueous foamed opacifying composition are supplied in a single-pass, in-line operation to make any quantity of laminated light-blocking decorative article. The applied aqueous foamed opacifying composition has 35%-70% solids and a foam density of 0.1-0.5 g/cm.sup.3. It is composed of (a) porous particles, (b) a binder material, (c) two or more additives comprising at least one foaming surfactant and at least one foam stabilizer, (d) an aqueous medium, and (e) at least 0.0001 weight % of an opacifying colorant that absorbs electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 380-800 nm.

Laminate precursors are prepared by applying an aqueous foamed opacifying composition to a non-woven fabric, drying, optionally applying an anti-blocking material to the dried aqueous foamed opacifying composition, and densifying the dry foamed opacifying layer so that it will have a thickness that is at least 20% less than its thickness before densifying. Each laminate precursor is rolled up for immediate or later use to make laminate decorative articles when the unrolled laminate precursor is laminated with back side of a decorative fabric. The applied aqueous foamed opacifying composition has 35%-70% solids and a foam density of 0.1-0.5 g/cm.sup.3. It is composed of (a) porous particles, (b) a binder material, (c) two or more additives comprising at least one foaming surfactant and at least one foam stabilizer, (d) an aqueous medium, and (e) an opacifying colorant that absorbs electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of 380-800 nm.

The present invention provides a foamed urethane sheet which is formed from an aqueous urethane resin composition containing a urethane resin (A), an aqueous medium (B), and a surfactant (C) having 10 or more carbon atoms, and has a density of 200 to 1,000 kg/m.sup.3. Further, the present invention provides a synthetic leather having at least a substrate (i) and a polyurethane layer (ii), wherein the polyurethane layer (ii) is formed from the foamed urethane sheet according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The polyurethane layer (ii) may be embossed. The surfactant (C) is preferably a stearic acid salt, and the urethane resin (A) which has an anionic group, and has a flow starting temperature of 80° C. or higher is preferably used.

A foamed, opacifying element is prepared to have a light-blocking value (LBV) of at least 4. A method is carried out in a specific order with a unique series of steps including: providing a unique foamable aqueous composition; aerating that foamable aqueous composition to a foam density of at least 0.1-0.5 g/cm.sup.3; disposing the foamed aqueous composition onto a surface of a porous substrate; drying the foamed aqueous composition without substantial curing of the binder material therein, to provide a dry foamed composition on the surface, without substantial curing; densifying the dry foamed composition to provide a dry opacifying layer in a foamed, opacifying element; and curing the dry opacifying layer in the foamed, opacifying element.

The invention relates to a process for producing a porous polyurethane coatings, using a polyol ester as additives in an aqueous polymer dispersion, the process comprising the steps of a) providing a mixture comprising an aqueous polymer dispersion, a polyol ester, and an additive, b) foaming the mixture to give a homogeneous, fine-cell foam, c) adding at least one thickener to establish the desired viscosity of the wet foam, d) applying a coating of the foamed polymer dispersion to a suitable carrier, e) drying the coating. The invention further relates to a phosphorylated polyol ester.

The present disclosure is drawn to a fabric print medium including a fabric substrate, a primary coating layer, and a secondary coating layer. The fabric substrate can have a first side and a second side. The primary coating layer can be applied to the first side of the fabric substrate at a thickness from 2 m to 250 m with a dry coat weight ranging from about 5 gsm to about 300 gsm and can include a polymeric binder and filler particles. The secondary coating layer can be applied to the primary coating layer at a thickness from 1 m to 50 m with a dry coat weight ranging from 0.5 gsm to 50 gsm and can include a first crosslinked polymeric network and a second crosslinked polymeric network. The primary coating layer can be two or more times thicker than the secondary coating layer.

A method for producing a layered material, which has a substrate layer and a layer of polyurethane bonded to the substrate layer. A leather, preferably a sanded grain leather, a textile material, preferably a woven fabric or a knitted fabric, a bonded leather material, or a microfiber nonwoven is used as the substrate layer and is bonded to the layer. According to the present teaching, at least one, preferably a single, layer of frothed polyurethane foam is applied to the substrate as the layer.

An internally emulsified polyurethane dispersion, which is prepared by using a combined chain extender system of a hydrophilic amino siloxane compound and a polyetheramine compound, is provided. The internally emulsified polyurethane dispersion can be used to prepare a synthetic leather product having good anti-stickiness, wrinkle resistance, color fastness and superior mechanical properties. A laminated synthetic leather article prepared with said internally emulsified polyurethane dispersion as well a method for preparing the synthetic leather article are also provided.

The invention relates to flame-retardant foam coatings for textile sheet products, wherein the coatings include plate-like expandable graphite which has a reduced salt content and a particle distribution with a proportion of >80 percent by weight having a diameter of at least 0.2 mm, and/or a minimum proportion of 70% having a mesh size of >50 mesh (0.3 mm), at least one binder and at least one foam stabilizer, and also processes for the production thereof, the use thereof for producing textile sheet products and also textile sheet products having such flame-retardant foam coatings.

A foamed, opacifying element useful as a light-blocking article has a substrate; an opacifying layer disposed on the substrate, and a functional composition disposed over the opacifying layer. The functional composition comprises: (i) inorganic or organic spacer particles having a mode particle size of at least 1 m and up to and including 100 m, and which inorganic or organic spacer particles resist melt flow at a pressure of up to and including 100 psi (689.5 kPa) and a temperature of up to and including 220 C.