Decorative nonwoven laminates
AssigneeAuria Solutions UK I Ltd.
InventorsKenneth Mitchell Whitesell, Jr., Sean Bracken Simmons, Ernest Franklin Wilson, Tyler Heath
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Abstract
A decorative, nonwoven laminate and a method of forming, including a first side of a first nonwoven affixed to one or both of a) a first side of a polymeric sheet or b) a second nonwoven, wherein the first nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 500 g/m2 and the second nonwoven exhibits a basis weight of 15 g/m2 to 1200 g/m2; and a colorant deposited on a second side of the first nonwoven. A topical coating may or may not be applied to improve durability of the printed surface layer.
Claims6
A decorative, nonwoven vehicle interior laminate, comprising:
- a first side of a first nonwoven affixed to a first side of a single polymeric sheet;
- wherein said first nonwoven has a thickness in the range of 0.1 mm to 1.8 mm and a basis weight of 50 g/m2 to 200 g/m2 and said polymeric sheet has a thickness in the range of 0.3 mm to 2.0 mm and a basis weight at an areal density in the range of 150 g/m2 to 1200 g/m2;
- a colorant selected from an ink, paint or pigment dye deposited on the surface of a second side of said first nonwoven at a thickness of 0.01 mm to 0.3 mm;
- a topical coating applied on said colorant and said second side of said first nonwoven at a thickness of 1.1 mm to 3.0 mm;
- a second nonwoven affixed to a second side of said polymeric sheet, wherein said second nonwoven has a thickness of 2.0 mm to 12.0 mm and a basis weight of 300 g/m2 to 1200 g/m2;
- characterized by the feature that said first nonwoven, said polymer sheet and said second nonwoven are attached together and said decorative nonwoven laminate has a three-dimensional geometry including projections or depressions;
- wherein said laminate with said colorant has a minimum fade resistance ranking of 4 in a xenon test system at 225 kJ/m2 to 451 kJ/m2 as measured by ISO 105-A02/AATCC evaluation Procedure 1 and a Taber abrasion of 15,000 cycles using an H18 wheel and 1000 gm weight according to ASTM D3884 or SAE J1530 and said laminate with said three-dimensional geometry is a vehicle interior component.
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