Covering material 1 comprising face 2 and a thickness, where face 2 is coloured with one colour (face colour 6) and the material has another colour thought its thickness (body colour 7, fig. 2). Material 1 comprises an array of perforations 9 directed through the covering material. The perforations permit the body colour to be viewed at the perforations against a ground of the face colour when the covering material 1 is viewed obliquely to the perforation direction but the face colour substantially alone is visible when the covering material is viewed face on. The covering material is preferably leather but may be a synthetic material such as PVC upholstery cloth or imitation leather. Preferably a scrim is laminated on the back of the covering material. The scrim may be coloured the same as or differently to face colour 6. Also claimed is a method of producing a covering material comprising: providing a covering material with a body colour through its thickness; dyeing the face of the covering material with the face colour; and forming perforations through the covering material. Also claimed is an article covered with covering material 1.
Covering
2022-11-02
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | C14B Mechanische Behandlung oder Bearbeitung von Häuten, Fellen oder Leder allgemein , MECHANICAL TREATMENT OR PROCESSING OF SKINS, HIDES, OR LEATHER IN GENERAL / B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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