Patent ID: 6177198
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B32B,C14B,C14C,Y10T

Abstract:
A leather assembly, comprising:a leather having a buffed surface;a finish layer on said buffed surface, said finish layer comprising a plurality of layers includingan outer layer with a given hardness and a particular surface structure preformed in a hot substrate having a structure corresponding to the particular surface structure, said outer layer being formed of a solidified, cross-linked, hydrolysis-resistant, lightfast, polyurethane-containing dispersion, and having a thickness of between 0.01 and 0.08 mm, andan inner layer bonded to said buffed surface leather and comprising a solidified, crosslinked, hydrolysis-resistant, lightfast, polyurethane-containing dispersion and having a hardness less than a hardness of said outer layer, said inner layer being thinner than said outer layer and comprising two sublayers formed of a solidified, crosslinked polyurethane dispersion and fused to one another by application of pressure and heat.