Upholstery fabrics for automobile, train and aircraft seats produced from regenerative nature fibers

Abstract

A novel pure natural and regenerative automotive and aircraft upholstery fabric made from linen and blends of linen and cotton, bamboo, wool and/or viscose with physiological and fastness properties comparable with those of currently-used materials and meeting all the requirements of the automobile and aircraft industry.

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         13 . An automotive seat upholstery fabric or aircraft seat upholstery fabric made substantially from renewable and environmental-friendly natural fiber material wherein the said fabric contains at least about 50% by weight of the said upholstery fabric is linen. 
     
     
         14 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric consists of linen and cellulose fibers selected from the group consisting of: cotton, bamboo and/or viscose. 
     
     
         15 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 14 , wherein the said fabric consists of at least about 50% by weigh of linen, and the fabric further consists of one or more further fibers selected from the group consisting of cotton, bamboo and/or viscose, and further wherein cotton and/or bamboo is present in an amount of between about 0% by weight and about 50% by weight and in which the viscose is present in an amount of between about 0% by weight and about 50% by weight. 
     
     
         16 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein the said fabric consists of 50% by weight linen and about 10% by weight to about 50% by weight cotton and about 4% by weight to about 20% by weight of viscose. 
     
     
         17 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein the said fabric has a weight of between about 100 and about 700 g/m 2 . 
     
     
         18 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein the said fabric is washed, desized, demineralized, bleached and mercerized. 
     
     
         19 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein the said fabric is formed by a process wherein it is semi- or fully continuously dyed in pieces, or is discontinuously dyed by exhaustion dyeing as yarn or pieces. 
     
     
         20 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 19 , therein the said fabric is a dyed fabric which has been dyed with high lightfast mono- or multifunctional reactive dyestuffs. 
     
     
         21 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 19 , characterized in that the fabric is dyed with a dye liquor in which is present 10-60 g/l of an acrylamide-based polymerization product which improves the through-dyeing or the dyestuff diffusion. 
     
     
         22 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 21 , characterized in that the said fabric it is padded with an additional finishing liquor containing 50-200 g/l of a polyacrylate, 2-15 g/l of a fluorocarbon product (non-ionic) and from 0.2-2 g/l anionic wetting agent and optionally further padded with a softener product, and wherein the padded fabric is subsequently dried for 1 min at 150° C. and fixed. 
     
     
         23 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , characterized in that this fabric is padded or sprayed with a bactericide against decay and mold and is thereafter dried. 
     
     
         24 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric is finished with a flame-resistant finishing based on a phosphate compound which impairs neither the light fastness (FAKRA) nor the rubbing fastness of the finished fabric. 
     
     
         25 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric has a weight of between 200 and 600 g/m 2 . 
     
     
         26 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric which exhibits a Martindale test score according to EN ISO 12947-1 with 12 Kpa of at least 50,000 rpm. 
     
     
         27 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 26 , wherein said fabric exhibits a Martindale abrasion test score of at least 60,000 rpm. 
     
     
         28 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric is treated with a bactericidal composition which imparts resistance to mold. 
     
     
         29 . An automotive seat upholstery or aircraft seat upholstery fabric according to  claim 13 , wherein said fabric is treated with a bactericidal composition which improves the rot resistance of the said fabric.