This disclosure relates to a carpet having fluid barrier properties. The disclosed carpet comprises: (a) a greige good comprising: i) a primary backing material having a face surface and a back surface; ii) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing material, wherein a portion of the plurality of fibers extends from the face surface of the primary backing and wherein a second portion of the plurality of fibers are exposed on the back surface of the primary backing in a form of back stitches; b) an adhesive layer comprising a hot melt adhesive composition applied to the back surface of the primary backing material, wherein the adhesive composition is configured to substantially encapsulate at least a portion of the back stitches; and c) a laminated film having fluid barrier properties. Also disclosed are methods for making the carpet described herein.

Floor coverings, such as modular panels or tiles, for installation on interior surfaces include an upper wear layer and a backing layer, where the backing layer includes a filler that includes concentrated carbon. The floor coverings can sequester carbon such that the resulting product has a negative carbon footprint when subjected to a Life Cycle Assessment.

The general field of the invention is that of silicone coating compositions, in particular those of two-component or multi-component type, that can be crosslinked by polyaddition or hydrosilylation reactions to produce a support coated by a silicone elastomer as a thin layer. These silicone compositions, when they are crosslinked, are suitable, inter alia, as coatings, for example for the protection or mechanical reinforcement of various textile substrates such as for example fibrous, woven, knitted or nonwoven supports. The targeted objective is to provide a silicone elastomer coating composition that can be crosslinked by polyaddition reactions and that is useful in particular for applications in the field of inflatable safety bags for vehicles, or airbags, having, after crosslinking, optimum properties in terms of adhesion, thinness, lightness and crease and abrasion resistance, but also good mechanical properties. This silicone coating composition should also be easy to use and to apply.

Provided herein is an eco-friendly artificial leather for an interior of an automobile and a manufacturing method thereof. The eco-friendly product is manufactured using a method that is compatible with various environmental regulations such as reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The artificial leather includes a bio urethane-containing skin surface layer which uses biomass-derived components extracted from vegetable components, a solvent-free bio urethane adhesive layer, and a bio fiber base layer. The layers are sequentially stacked to minimize the use of organic solvents and components that are harmful to the human body.

A method for making a polyurethane coated fabric, the method comprising: a) providing a fabric liner; b) applying a coating to at least part of the liner, said coating comprising a polyurethane resin and manganese ferrite dissolved in a polar aprotic solvent; c) at least partially gelling the coating with water or an aqueous solution, so that the polar aprotic solvent is extracted from the coating; d) leaching the at least partially gelled coating with water or an aqueous solution, so as to further reduce the level of the polar aprotic solvent in the coating; and e) drying and curing the coating. The coating may also contain a dark colour pigment. A composition suitable for use in the method is also provided. The method enables polyurethane coated fabric products, such as gloves, to be produced which are black or grey in colour and contain a reduced amount of residual polar aprotic solvent, such as N,N-dimethylformamide.

A bonded and entangled non-woven structure made of at least 50% staple fibers by weight of the bonded and entangled non-woven structure, and at least a partial bonding of the fibers of the non-woven structure. The at least partial bonding including thermally activated bonds between a first polyolefin material produced with a catalyst including at least one metallocene catalyst and having a melting point in the range 130-170 C. and a second material having a melting point which is at least 10 C. higher than the melting point of the first material, the weight of the first material in the non-woven structure being at least 3% of the weight of the nonwoven structure.

The present invention relates to a carpet with woven surface relief, comprising at least a series of tension warps (1), a series of binding warps (2), said warps (1, 2) being interwoven with a series of weft yarns (3), the ratio of the length of said binding warps (2) relative to the length of said tension warps (1) being greater than 1.20, preferably greater than 1.50.

A carpet for a sound reduction material is disclosed including: a non-permeable primary coating layer formed of polyethylene (PE) resin, being in contact with a lower surface of a fabric layer and having a basis weight of 200 to 300 g/m.sup.2; a permeable felt layer in contact with a lower surface of the primary coating layer and having a basis weight of 200 to 500 g/m.sup.2; and a non-permeable secondary coating layer formed of polyethylene (PE) resin or ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), being in contact with a lower surface of the felt layer and having a basis weight of 200 to 1,000 g/m.sup.2. The carpet for a sound reduction material may thus have improved noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) performance, reduced total weight and improved stiffness.

The invention relates to carpets comprising a cationically-dyeable polyester effect yarn, dyed with a basic dye, and a background polyester or polyamide yarn, not dyed with a basic dye, and wherein the carpet has been overdyed with a disperse dye or an acid dye. The invention further relates to methods of preparing such overdyed carpets.

Disclosed is an artificial leather base material including: a fabric, and an elastic polymer, fine particles, and a plasticizer that have been applied to the fabric, wherein the elastic polymer includes a (meth)acrylic elastic polymer and a polyurethane, the fine particles have a Mohs hardness of 4 or less, and the product of a bending resistance, a durometer Shore C hardness, and a thickness of the artificial leather base material is 200 to 400 mm.sup.2. Also disclosed is a grain-finished artificial leather obtained using the artificial leather base material.