Pill resistant non-woven textile fabric

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A NON-WOVEN FABRIC FORMED OF RESILIENT SYNTHETIC HYDROPHOBIC FIBERS AND CELLULOSE FIBERS, A THIN LAYER OF CELLULOSE FIBERS HAVING A WEIGHT IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT ONE-HALF TO THREE-FOURTHS OUNCE PER SQUARE YARD BEING DISPOSED ON AT LEAST ONE FACE OF THE FABRIC AND COVERING THE HYDROPHOBIC FIBERS WHICH FORM THE MAIN BODY OF THE FABRIC HAVING A THICKNESS OF AT LEAST 1/4 MIL, FIBERS IN THE FABRIC BEING BONDED BY IMPREGNATION WITH 5 TO 150% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE DRY WEIGHT OF THE FIBERS, OF A THERMOSETTABLE BINDER COMPRISING A COPOLYMER, WITH AN APPARENT SECOND ORDER TRANSITION TEMPERATURE NOT OVER 20*C., OF MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MOLECULES COMPRISING 0.5 TO 20% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE MOLECULES, OF MOLECULES CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS BY THE REACTION OF WHICH THE BONDED NON-WOVEN FABRIC HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A CONDITION IN WHICH IT IS RESISTANT TO LAUNDERING AND DRYCLEANING.