Coated fabrics and process therefor

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING A PRINTABLE COATED FABRIC WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING TO A FABRIC SUBSTRATE A LAYER OF AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF (A) A MIXTURE OF SYNTHETIC POLYMERS AND (B) FINELY DIVIDED INERT MATERIAL INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE PIGMENT, AND DRYING SAID LAYER, SAID DISPERSION (A) COMPRISING ABOUT 10 TO 100 PARTS OF (B) FOR EACH 100 PARTS OF (A), COMPONENT (A) CONSISTING OF (1) ABOUT 25 TO 75% OF A VINYL CHLORIDE POLYMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS OF AT LEAST 50% VINYL CHLORIDE AND UP TO 50% OF ANOTHER ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER, (2) ABOUT 25 TO 75% OF AN ACRYLIC COPOLYMER COMPOSED OF ABOUT 94 TO 99% OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF METHYL, ETHYL, PROPYL AND BUTYL ESTERS OF ACRYLIC AND METHACRYLIC ACIDS, AND ABOUT 1 TO 6% OF AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE CLASS CONSISTING OF ACRYLIC, METHACRYLIC AND ITACONIC ACIDS, AND (3) UP TO 35% OF A COPOLYMER OF BUTADIENE AND ACRYLONITRILE, ALL OF SAID PARTS AND PERCENTAGES BEING ON A WEIGHT BASIS.