Textiles backed with a polyurethane cushion are produced by applying a layer of frothed polyurethane-forming mixture to a surface of the textile. The mixture contains both water and a physical blowing agent. The layer expands due to the action of the water and the physical blowing agent and cures to form an attached cushion having a density of 176 g/L or less.

A polymeric carrier composition including a polymer synthesized from monomers selected from acrylic acids, methylacrylates and urethanes and at least one metal having an oxidation state of +1 or +2, including salts and coordination complexes thereof. The composition may be a suspension having 0.5 to 10% by weight of the polymer prepared from monomers selected from a group consisting of acrylic acids, methylacrylates and urethanes, and a viscosity less than 1,000 cps. The composition is applied to substrates, such as woven fabrics, to create metal-infused articles.

A sheet material has good mechanical properties, flexibility, lightweight properties, and quality, and also relates to a production method therefor. The sheet material includes, as constitutional components, an elastic polymer and nonwoven fabric composed mainly of ultrafine hollow fiber with an average monofilament diameter in the range of 0.05 to 10 μm, the ultrafine hollow fiber containing 2 to 60 hollows.

Aqueous polyurethane dispersions are useful for making artificial leather and similar products. The dispersions contain polyurethane-urea particles dispersed in an aqueous phase. The particles are made using isophorone diisocyanate, certain cyclic amine chain extenders and certain polyol mixtures.

The present invention concerns a process for preparing a microfibrous multilayer composite material comprising: 1) realizing a non-woven microfibrous semi-finished product made up of microfibres of one or more polymers dispersed in a polyurethane matrix (semi-finished product IE); 2) cutting the semi-finished product lengthwise into two layers; 3) buffing at least one layer on one side (side N) so as to extract the microfibres and form the nap, thereby obtaining a semi-finished raw product; 4) cutting at least one semi-finished raw product lengthwise parallel to the surfaces, producing an non-woven intermediate product, containing the buffed side (side N) and a waste layer (containing the side that has not been buffed—side S); 5) coupling the non-woven intermediate product (on the side opposite side N) to a fabric made of polyethylene terephthalate fibres by means of the application of a thermoplastic polyurethane adhesive that can be cross-linked between the non-woven intermediate product and the fabric; 6) submitting the multilayer composite material to a jet dyeing process. The invention also concerns a multilayer composite material that can be obtained by the process of the invention and the use thereof for covering the internal side of roofs or headliners of vehicles and for covering furnishing elements.

A sheet material includes a polymeric elastomer and a fiber-entangled body including, as a constituent element, a nonwoven fabric including ultrafine fibers having an average single fiber diameter of 1.0 μm or more and 10.0 μm or less. The ultrafine fibers include a polyester-based resin including a black pigment (a.sub.1). The black pigment (a.sub.1) has an average particle diameter of 0.05 μm or more and 0.20 μm or less and has a coefficient of variation (CV) of the average particle diameter of 75% or less. The polymeric elastomer includes a polyurethane including a black pigment (b). The sheet material has a nap coverage of 70% or more and 100% or less on a surface having a nap.

A composite filament artificial leather includes a composite filament textile and an elastomer film. The composite filament textile includes a plurality of composite filaments. One of the composite filaments includes at least one core portion, a sheath portion and at least one gap structure. The sheath portion is disposed around the core portion. The gap structure is between the core portion and the sheath portion. The elastomer film is bonded with the composite filament textile.

A self-healing fabric for an inflatable of an evacuation system may comprise a fabric layer, an interior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a first side of the fabric layer, and an exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer formed over a second side of the fabric layer. The interior thermoplastic polymeric layer may include a first healing agent. The exterior thermoplastic polymeric layer may include a second healing agent.

This invention relates to odor control molecules comprised of polyethyleneimine compounds containing N-halamine and derivatives thereof.

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.