Artificial leather of ethylene-propylene copolymer and manufacturing method thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an artificial leather including a fabric layer and an ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPM) layer attached to the fabric layer. The EPM layer is an EPM composite layer including an EPM foaming layer and an EPM surface layer. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the artificial leather, and a shoe structure including the artificial leather.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An artificial leather, comprising:
 a fabric layer; and   an ethylene-propylene copolymer (EPM) layer attached to the fabric layer, wherein the EPM layer is an EPM composite layer comprising an EPM foaming layer and an EPM surface layer.   
     
     
         2 . The artificial leather of  claim 1 , wherein the fabric layer is attached to the EPM foaming layer, and the EPM surface layer is disposed on a surface of the EPM foaming layer opposite to the fabric layer. 
     
     
         3 . The artificial leather of  claim 1 , wherein the EPM surface layer presents a texture on a surface opposite to the EPM foaming layer. 
     
     
         4 . The artificial leather of  claim 1 , wherein the EPM composite layer further comprises an EPM adhesive layer, and the fabric layer is attached to the EPM composite layer through the EPM adhesive layer. 
     
     
         5 . The artificial leather of  claim 1 , further comprising a covering layer disposed on a surface of the EPM layer opposite to the fabric layer. 
     
     
         6 . A method for manufacturing the artificial leather of  claim 1 , comprising:
 providing the fabric layer;   providing the EPM layer; and   attaching the EPM layer to the fabric layer.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , comprising forming the EPM foaming layer and the EMP surface layer concurrently. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6 , comprising co-extruding the EPM foaming layer and the EPM surface layer. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the EMP composite layer further comprises an EPM adhesive layer, and the method comprises co-extruding the EPM foaming layer, the EPM surface layer and the EPM adhesive layer. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the EPM adhesive layer is a hot-melt adhesive, and the method comprises heat press laminating the EPM adhesive layer to the fabric layer, such that the EPM composite layer is attached to the fabric layer through the EPM adhesive layer. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6 , comprising extrusion laminating the EPM foaming layer to the fabric layer. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising providing a covering layer, and attaching the covering layer to a surface of the EPM layer opposite to the fabric layer. 
     
     
         13 . A shoe structure comprising the artificial leather of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         14 . A shoe structure comprising the artificial leather of  claim 2 . 
     
     
         15 . A shoe structure comprising the artificial leather of  claim 3 . 
     
     
         16 . A shoe structure comprising the artificial leather of  claim 4 . 
     
     
         17 . A shoe structure comprising the artificial leather of  claim 5 .