Stiffened washable garments and garment parts

Claim 1

STIFFENED WASHABLE GARMENTS AND GARMENT PARTS, COMPRISING AN OUTER LAYER OF A WOVEN WASHABLE FABRIC, AN INNER LAYER OF WOVEN WASHABLE FABRIC, AND SECURED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LAYERS OF WOVEN FABRIC, AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF A FABRIC-LIKE, POROUS, AIR AND WATER PERMEABLE, FLEXIBLE, CREASE-RESISTANT AND SHRINK-PROOF SHEET MATERIAL CONSISTING OF AN OPEN SKELETON OF INTERMINGLED, FINE, CARDABLE, POLYPOSED FIBERS, SAID SKELETON HAVING DEPOSITION ON ITS SURFACES AND UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED THERETHROUGH AND ADHERING TO THE FIBERS, SMALL, FILMY PARTICLES OF A FLEXIBLE, SOLID, AT LEAST PREDOMINANTLY THERMOPLASTIC SYNTHETIC RESIN BINDER MATERIAL, SAID BINDER PARTICLES CEMENTING ADJACENT FIBERS TOGETHER AT THEIR CROSSING POINTS WITH PRESERVATION OF NUMEROUS RELATIVELY LARGE INTERSTICS BETWEEN THE FIBERS, SAID INTERMEDIATE LAYER HAVING A THICKNESS OF ABOUT 0.14 TO ABOUT 0.8 MILLIMETERS AND A WEIGHT OF ABOUT 45 TO ABOUT 240 G. PER SQUARE M. AND CONTAINING ABOUT 25% TO 60% BY WEIGHT OF SOLID BINDER MATERIAL, THE INTERMEDIATE LAYER BEING PROTECTED AGAINST TEARING AND AGAINST PHYSICAL DETERIORATION DUE TO WASHING IN HOT WATER OR IRONING BY SAID OUTER AND INNER LAYERS OF WOVEN FABRIC.