Article with plural coats of a copolymer having different t values and process of producing the same

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE FIBROUS BASE CARRYING ON AT LEAST ONE SURFACE THEREOF A MULTI-LAYER COATING COMPRISING A SUBCOATING COMPRISING A COPOLYMER, HAVING AN APPARENT SECOND ORDER TRANSITION TEMPERATURE OF -10*C. TO -50*C. OF COPOLYMERIZABLE MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMERS COMPRISING 1 TO 10% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE MONOMER OF THE FORMULA H2C=CH-CH2-CH2-CO-N(-(H)2-N)-(CH2-O-R)N WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF H AND ALKYL HAVING 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, AND N IS A NUMBER HAVING AN AVERAGE VALUE OF ABOUT 0.5 TO 2.0, AND UP TO 99% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE ESTER OF ACRYLIC ACID WITH A SATURATED ALCOHOL HAVING 1 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS,AND AN OUTER COATING OF A COPOLYMER, HAVING AN APPARENT SECOND ORDER TRANSITION TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 10* AND 40*C., OF COPOLYMERIZABLE MONOETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMERS COMPRISING 1 TO 10% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE MONOMER OF THE AFORESAID FORMULA AND UP TO 99% BY WEIGHT OF AT LEAST ONE ESTER OF ACRYLIC ACID WITH A SATURATED ALCOHOL HAVING 1 TO 18 CARBON ATOMS.