The sheet material according to the present invention has a polymer elastic body and a fibrous base material comprising ultrafine fibers, wherein the average single fiber diameter of the ultrafine fibers is 0.1 .Math.m to 10.0 .Math.m, the polymer elastic body has a hydrophilic group and an N-acylurea bond and/or an isourea bond, and the following conditions are satisfied : the longitudinal stiffness, in accordance with method A (45° cantilever method) in the text of “8.21 Stiffness” of JIS L 1096:2010 “Testing Methods for Woven and Knitted Fabrics”, is 40 mm to 140 mm ; and after immersion for 24 hours in N,N-dimethylformamide, the following are obtained in wear testing using a pressing load of 12.0 kPa and 20,000 friction cycles in accordance with method E (Martindale method) in the text of “8.19 Wear Strength and Friction Discoloration” of JIS L 1096:2010 “Testing Methods for Woven and Knitted Fabrics”: a grade of at least 4 and a wear loss of not more than 25 mg.

Disclosed herein are artificial leather seat covering including: a fabric; a binder layer, a skin layer; and a surface treatment layer, and a manufacturing method therefor.

A skin material containing, in the following order: a base fabric that is configured to contain fibers having a synthetic resin coating layer, wherein fibers adjacent to each other in the base fabric are at least partially fused with each other; and an adhesive layer and a skin layer, which are provided at a surface of at least one side of the base fabric in this order from the base fabric, the skin material having a plurality of ventilation holes passing through the skin material in a thickness direction.

Disclosed is a napped artificial leather napped including: a non-woven fabric that is an entangle body of ultrafine fibers; and an elastic polymer impregnated into the non-woven fabric, the napped artificial leather having, at least on one side thereof, a napped surface formed by napping the ultrafine fibers, wherein the ultrafine fibers contain 0.5 mass % or more of a pigment (A), the elastic polymer contains 0 to 0.01 mass % of a pigment (B), and the ultrafine fibers and the elastic polymer are undyed; the napped surface has a lightness L* value of 25 or less in a color coordinate space (L*a*b* color space); and a ratio of an area occupied by the elastic polymer, observed on the napped surface, to a total area of an area occupied by the ultrafine fibers and the area occupied by the elastic polymer is 0.5% or less.

A synthetic leather has high flame retardance in addition to excellent mechanical strength and durability, which may yield a covered article having an excellent texture, and a covered article which has been covered with the synthetic leather. The covered article includes a synthetic leather and a covered article covered with the synthetic leather, the synthetic leather having a fiber base material layer including a non-woven fabric containing: 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 a thermoplastic fiber B having an LOI value, conforming to JIS K 7201-2 (2007), of 25 or more.

A purpose of the present invention is to provide a sheet-shaped article and a manufacturing method therefor, said sheet-shaped article demonstrating both a supple texture and superior wear resistance. In order to achieve this purpose, a sheet-shaped article according to the present invention is a sheet-shaped article that includes, in a fibrous base material, a polymer elastic body with a hydrophilic group, said fibrous base material comprising extremely fine fibers with an average individual fiber fineness of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, wherein the sheet-shaped article has N-acylurea bonding or isourea bonding within the polymer elastic body, and a monovalent positive ion-including inorganic salt is present at a rate of 0.1 mass % to 5 mass % with regard to the mass of the polymer elastic body.

The present disclosure provides cover systems for covering components of a cabin interior of a vehicle, such as an automobile, a train car, a bus, a boat, or an aircraft, among others. For instance, the cover systems may cover one or more of a seat and a floor, among others, of the cabin interior. The fabric cover systems may absorb or partially absorb one or more of low-frequency sounds, such as low-frequency noise emitted by an engine, and high-frequency sounds, among others. The fabric cover systems may absorb or partially absorb odor molecules. The fabric covering systems may include multiple layers. For instance, one of the layers may include activated carbon fibers. The activated carbon fibers may absorb or partially absorb one or more of sounds, liquids, and odors, among others.

Methods for forming a composite by combining a perforated face layer and a backing scrim to make a material having sufficient airflow, tear strength and aesthetic features applicable to seating.

A waterborne polyurethane dispersion is provided. The waterborne polyurethane dispersion is prepared by using a tri-functionality polyether polyol as part of the polyols for forming the prepolymer and a hydrophilic amino siloxane co-chain extender, and can exhibit superior performance properties such as enhanced color fastness, improved low temperature stability, good anti-stickiness, bally flex resistance, anti-abrasion and mechanical properties. A laminated synthetic leather article prepared with said waterborne polyurethane dispersion as well the method for preparing the synthetic leather article are also provided.

A composite membrane including at least one fabric, the membrane including a surface polymer layer, the surface polymer layer including silver and at least one polymer selected from the group formed by fluorinated polymers and silicones, and the membrane being such that silver is in the form of silver supported by a mineral matrix in powder form, the particle size of the matrix being strictly larger than 0.1 μm and strictly smaller than 20 μm. A method for manufacturing a membrane according to the invention. A use of a membrane according to the invention as a virucide.