Patent ID: 8507102

Claim:
A colored conductive leather material, comprising: a leather starting material; a base layer comprising base layer coatings applied to the leather starting material, the base layer coatings comprising: a first base layer mixture comprising a conductive particulate and a surfactant; and a second base layer mixture comprising: at least one of an acrylic and a urethane based polymeric dispersion; a wax emulsion; and masking pigments; and a middle layer comprising middle layer coatings applied to the base layer of the leather starting material, the middle layer coatings comprising a middle layer mixture comprising: at least one of an acrylic and a urethane based polymeric dispersion; a wax emulsion; and final color pigments, wherein the final color is achieved by varying the concentrations of the final color pigments or varying the number of the middle layer coatings; a top layer comprising top layer coatings applied to the middle layer of the leather starting material, the top layer coatings comprising: a first top layer mixture comprising a wax emulsion and a lacquer emulsion; and a second mixture comprising a wax emulsion.