	US 12,434,461 B2
	Decorative nonwoven laminates
Kenneth Mitchell Whitesell, Jr., Troy, NC (US); Sean Bracken Simmons, Concord, NC (US); Ernest Franklin Wilson, Albemarle, NC (US); and Tyler Heath, Mt. Gilead, NC (US)
Assigned to Auria Solutions UK I Ltd., London (GB)
Filed by Auria Solutions UK I Ltd., London (GB)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/921,189.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/472,449, filed on Mar. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0264789 A1, Sep. 20, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/02 (2006.01); D04H 3/03 (2012.01); D04H 3/037 (2012.01); D04H 5/02 (2012.01); D04H 5/03 (2012.01); D04H 5/04 (2006.01)

CPC B32B 27/12 (2013.01) [B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 37/182 (2013.01); B32B 38/145 (2013.01); D04H 1/02 (2013.01); D04H 3/03 (2013.01); D04H 3/037 (2013.01); D04H 5/02 (2013.01); D04H 5/03 (2013.01); D04H 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0261 (2013.01); B32B 2262/062 (2013.01); B32B 2305/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/718 (2013.01); B32B 2317/10 (2013.01); B32B 2323/043 (2013.01); B32B 2323/10 (2013.01); B32B 2377/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01); D10B 2321/0211 (2013.01); D10B 2321/022 (2013.01); D10B 2331/02 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2505/12 (2013.01)]

6 Claims

1. 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/m²to 200 g/m²and 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/m²to 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/m²to 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/m²to 451 kJ/m²as 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.