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.

A construct, for use in articles like apparel, footwear, backpacks, etc., the construct including a substrate, e.g., a textile, foam, leather or rubber material, having a surface of plasma transformed textile material; colorant set in the plasma transformed textile material, providing a change to the color of the underlying substrate material; and wherein the colorant and the plasma transformed substrate material are chemically bonded together.

The present invention relates to a textile layer comprising a first coating, wherein the first coating is a cured coating and comprises a polyurethane. The textile layer further comprises a second coating, wherein the second coating comprises at least one coloring agent and is arranged on the cured first coating. The polyurethane based cured first coating is transparent.

A method of treating a substrate, comprising providing a substrate having a generally sheet or planar form or a fiber or yarn form; providing a colorant to be set at the surface of the substrate; and subjecting the substrate and colorant to reactive species from a plasma generated by an atmospheric plasma apparatus until the colorant is set at the surface of the substrate. A method of setting a colorant on a substrate, comprising performing an etch operation, or plasma pre-treatment to change surface charge, on a substrate using a plasma, particularly a plasma generated at atmospheric conditions, to create a desired surface texture, or surface charge, at the surface of substrate; and depositing a colorant on the surface under plasma or non-plasma conditions; and allowing the colorant to set at the surface of the substrate.

A method for producing a flameproof and waterproof multilayer fabric comprising: (a) providing at least one first layer comprising a fabric; (b) doctoring over the at least one first layer at least one second layer comprising material selected from acrylic resin, stiren-butadien-rubber, ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, polyurethane resin, vinyl resin, acrylonitrile resin and vinyl-versatic resin, thus obtaining an at least two-layered fabric; (c) foaming the at least one second layer at a temperature from 90 C. to 110 C.; (d) cold calendering the at least two-layered fabric; (e) doctoring over the at least one second layer of the at least two-layered fabric at least one third layer comprising material selected from polyurethane resin, acrylic resin, stirol-acrylic resin, vinyl-acrylic resin, ethyl-vinyl-acrylic resin, stiren-butadien-rubber, ethylene-vinyl acetate resin, vinyl resin, acrylonitrile resin and vinyl-versatic resin, thus obtaining an at least three-layered fabric; (f) heat-setting at a temperature from 120 C. to 180 C. the at least three-layered fabric.

A graphic comprises a textile material comprising one of a woven or knit textile having first and second textile surfaces in an opposing relationship and a retroreflective material having first and second surfaces in an opposing relationship. One of the first and second textile surfaces and one of the first and second surfaces are adhered to one another by a second adhesive.

Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to carpet components and methods of making the carpet components. In one embodiment, a carpet component is provided. The carpet component includes a carpet substrate having a texture comprising a pattern, wherein the pattern comprises a plurality of adjoining design elements each defining a design and a boundary and wherein the design elements are arranged so that the design of one design element is not predictable from the design of an adjoining design element; and an overprint disposed onto the carpet substrate wherein the overprint comprises a plurality of adjoining design elements each defining a design and a boundary and wherein the design elements are arranged so that the design of at least one design element is predictable from the design of an adjoining design element.