Patent ID: 7442429

Claim:
A grain-finished artificial leather comprises a base layer which is composed of an entangled nonwoven fabric X made of bundles of microfine fibers having an average single fiber fineness of 0.07 dtex or less and impregnated with a polymeric elastomer A and a polymeric elastomer B, and a coating layer Y which is formed on one of surfaces of the base layer; the entangled nonwoven fabric X comprising a lower layer X A and an upper layer X B wherein the lower layer X A is impregnated mainly with the polymeric elastomer A which is substantially not adhered to the bundles of microfine fibers and the upper layer X B is impregnated mainly with the polymeric elastomer B which is substantially not adhered to the bundles of microfine fibers; and the coating layer Y comprising a coating layer Y B having a thickness of 1 to 10 μm which is made of the polymeric elastomer B and formed on the upper layer X B , a coating layer Y C which is made of a polymeric elastomer C and formed on the coating layer Y B , and a finished layer Y E which is formed on the coating layer Y.