Liner for upholstered furniture
AssigneeIKEA Supply AG
InventorsAnders BERGNER, Gerd ROHDE
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Abstract
A liner, comprising a layered material in which a carded nonwoven wadding is thermally bonded to a thin carded nonwoven top layer, for upholstered furniture. In the liner, a high proportion of the staple fibers in the top layer are thin bi-component binder fibers. Further, at least 20 wt % of the staple fibers in the wadding is thick staple fibers. Furthermore, also the wadding comprises bi-component binder fibers.
Claims20
An upholstered piece of furniture having a liner arranged at least partly over the comfort material of the piece of furniture, said liner comprising a layered material with at least two layers, a first layer of a carded nonwoven wadding comprising staple fibers, and a second layer of a carded nonwoven top layer comprising staple fibers, the carded nonwoven wadding being is thermally bonded to a carded nonwoven top layer, wherein the carded nonwoven wadding faces the comfort material, and wherein
- said wadding has a thickness of 4 to 140 mm, and a weight of 50 to 2800 g/m2;
- at least 20 wt % of the staple fibers in the wadding have a linear mass density of at least 6 dtex;
- and 5 to 40 wt % of the staple fibers in the wadding are bi-component binder fibers;
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- said top layer has a thickness of 0.05 to 4 mm, and a weight of 20 to 120 g/m2;
- at least 90 wt % of the staple fibers in the top layer have a linear mass density of 5 dtex or less;
- and 70 wt % to 100 wt % of the staple fibers in the top layer are bi-component binder fibers.
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