A synthetic leather has excellent flame retardance and an article covered with the synthetic. The synthetic leather includes a fiber base material layer formed of a non-woven fabric sheet, wherein the non-woven fabric sheet includes at least one flameproof layer formed of a web including a non-melting fiber A having a high-temperature shrinkage rate of 3% or less and a thermal conductivity, conforming to ISO22007-3 (2008), of 0.060 W/m.Math.K or less and is formed by bonding the flameproof layer to a scrim layer including a carbonized heat-resistant fiber B having an LOI value, conforming to JIS K 7201-2 (2007), of 25 or more, and a resin layer is laminated on a surface of the scrim layer, and a covered article covered with the synthetic leather.

Nonwoven fabrics including a first spunmelt through-air-bonded (TAB) nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of spunmelt fibers, in which the first plurality of spunmelt fibers comprise a biopolymer. The first plurality of spunmelt fibers may be physically entangled with cellulosic fibers, such by hydroentangling. Methods of forming a nonwoven fabric including a first spunmelt TAB nonwoven layer are also provided.

Nonwoven fabrics including a first spunmelt through-air-bonded (TAB) nonwoven layer comprising a first plurality of spunmelt fibers, in which the first plurality of spunmelt fibers comprise a biopolymer. The first plurality of spunmelt fibers may be physically entangled with cellulosic fibers, such by hydroentangling. Methods of forming a nonwoven fabric including a first spunmelt TAB nonwoven layer are also provided.

A method of manufacturing an article may include positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet and reciprocating a single needle of an embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, the needle forcing fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet. The fibers may have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers are forced. A method may include forcing fibers from a second side to an opposite side of a single textile sheet to create a pattern of the fibers on the opposite side. Various articles such as footwear uppers may be manufactured according to the method.

A method of manufacturing an article may include positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet and reciprocating a single needle of an embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, the needle forcing fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet. The fibers may have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers are forced. A method may include forcing fibers from a second side to an opposite side of a single textile sheet to create a pattern of the fibers on the opposite side. Various articles such as footwear uppers may be manufactured according to the method.

There is provided a nonwoven fabric for skin care products excellent in adhesion and wiping properties, and soft touch to the skin. The nonwoven fabric includes synthetic fibers and cellulose fibers. When a maximum length of a cross section of the synthetic fibers is denoted by A and a maximum width thereof is denoted by B, flatness expressed by the formula (1) is 1.0 to 1.5:

flatness=A/B(1) the synthetic fibers have recesses, a depth of which is 1.0% or more and 10.0% or less relative to a single fiber diameter of the synthetic fibers, a single fiber diameter of the synthetic fibers is 1 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less, a content of the synthetic fibers is 30 to 70% by mass relative to the entire nonwoven fabric for skin care products, a content of the cellulose fibers is 70 to 30% by mass relative to the entire nonwoven fabric for skin care products, and an average single fiber diameter of all fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric for skin care products is 5 ?m or more and 20 ?m or less.

A cleaning wet wipe includes, embossment blocks, in each of which a plurality of convex embossments that are embossments having convexity are gathered, in a first surface of the cleaning wet wipe. The plurality of embossment blocks are continuously arranged and form embossment block rows from a first side to a second side opposite to the first side. Non-embossment parts are included between other ones of the embossment blocks which are adjacent. The plurality of embossment block rows are continuously arranged from a third side to a fourth side. The non-embossment parts are provided at a proportion of not less than 25% and not more than 50% with respect to an area of the cleaning wet wipe. The convex embossments are arranged such that at least one convex embossment is present on a straight line extended perpendicularly from an arbitrary point on the third side to the fourth side.

A method of making a fibrous preform in carbon and/or fibres of a carbon precursor may include superposing at least two layers of carbon fibres and/or fibres of a carbon precursor according to a predefined superposition axis Z so as to form a multilayer body. The method may also include needle-punching via least one first needle-punching device the multilayer body in a needle-punching direction substantially parallel to the superposition axis Z to arrange at least part of the fibres parallel to the superposition axis Z, so as to obtain a needle-punched multilayer body. An optional step may include superposing with each other according to the superposition axis Z two or more of the needle-punched multilayer bodies, obtained separately by applying the above steps.

A method of making a fibrous preform in carbon and/or fibres of a carbon precursor may include superposing at least two layers of carbon fibres and/or fibres of a carbon precursor according to a predefined superposition axis Z so as to form a multilayer body. The method may also include needle-punching via least one first needle-punching device the multilayer body in a needle-punching direction substantially parallel to the superposition axis Z to arrange at least part of the fibres parallel to the superposition axis Z, so as to obtain a needle-punched multilayer body. An optional step may include superposing with each other according to the superposition axis Z two or more of the needle-punched multilayer bodies, obtained separately by applying the above steps.

A dual layer nonwoven acoustic insulating material having a more densified layer and a less densified layer that is comprised of shoddy fibers and other fibers.