Leather-like laminated sheet materials

Abstract

Abstract LEATHER-LIKE LAMINATED SHEET MATERIALS USEFUL FOR UPHOLSTERY, LUGGAGE, SHOE MATERIALS OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING A FIBROUS SOMEWHAT STRETCHABLE TEXTILE BASE LAYER AND AN OVERLYING SEPARATE, DISTINCT, RELATIVELY THIN PRE-FORMED THERMOSET PLASTIC ELASTIC SKIN LAYER OF UNIFORM THICKNESS MOUNTED THEREABOVE AND ADHESIVELY ANCHORED TO THE TOP ENDS AND UPPER PORTIONS OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING (PREFERABLY NAPPED) FIBERS OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BASE LAYER, THE TWO SAID OPPOSING LAYERS TOGETHER PROVIDING, TO AN EXCEPTIONAL DEGREE, A FLEXIBLE, SOFT-HAND, CONFORMABLE TOUGH LAMINATE BUT LEAVING SAID THIN PRE-FORMED PLASTIC ELASTIC SKIN LAYER TO A SUBSTANTIAL DEGREE FREE LOCALLY ELASTICALLY TO STRETCH AND RETRACT, SHIFT AND WRINKLE WITH RESPECT TO THE UNDERLYING BASE LAYER, THUS SIMULATING GRAIN LEATHER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND APPEARANCE. IN ADDITION, THE EXPOSED SURFACE OF THE PRE-FORMED SKIN LAYER OF THE LAMINATE OF THE INVENTION MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE A SURFACE FINISH (COLORED OR ORNAMENTED OR NOT AS PREFERRED) INCLUDING A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN RELIEF-PATTERNED OR NOT, AN ADDITIONAL TOP FINISH LAYER, OR BOTH OBTAINED BY CASTING EMBOSSING, COATING OR PRINTING, EVEN ROTOGRASVURE PRINTING, OR BY INCORPORATING SPECIAL FINELY DIVIDED, SOLID INGREDIENTS IN THE SKIN LAYER ITSELF TO PROVIDE A DULL, MATTE, METALLIC, OR GLOSS SURFACE FINISH AS MAY BE DESIRED FOR VARIOUS INTENDED USES. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 Lawrence D Bragg Jr

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