Patent ID: 6841025

Claim:
A process for laminating a textile sheet material to a foamed particle molding prepared by molding foamable polymer beads in a closed mold, to form a laminated textile and foamed particle molding, said process comprising at least one of a)-c): a)i) applying a pulverulent solid adhesive to a textile sheet material to provide an adhesive-containing textile sheet material, and a)ii) contacting said adhesive-containing textile sheet material with a previously molded foamed particle molding, and a)iii) heating to fuse and optionally crosslink said solid adhesive; b)i) applying a pulverulent solid adhesive to a textile sheet material to form an adhesive-containing textile sheet material, b)ii) introducing said adhesive-containing textile sheet material into a mold, b)iii) introducing foamable polymer beads into said mold adjacent said adhesive-containing textile sheet, and b)iv) applying heat to foam said foamable polymer beads and to fuse and optionally crosslink said solid adhesive; and c)i) applying a pulverulent solid adhesive between a previously molded foamed particle molding and a textile sheet material, and c)ii) heating to fuse and optionally crosslink said solid adhesive, whereby said textile sheet material is adhesively bonded to said foamed particle molding, wherein said pulverulent solid adhesive comprises a copolymer of 0.01 to 25 weight percent of one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers bearing at least one carboxyl group, and at least one monomer from the group consisting of vinyl esters, acrylates, methacrylates, and vinyl aromatics, and wherein said pulverulent solid adhesive has a T g of about 30° C. or higher, and is free of crosslinker compounds.