Coated fabrics

Claim 1

AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING A THIN WEB OF GLASS FIBES IN WHICH THE FIBERS ARE PRESENT IN THE FORM OF ENDLESS LENGTHS ARRANGED IN SWIRL PATTERNS IN OVERLAPPING ELATION, A THERMOPLASTIC RESINOUS MATERIAL BINDING THE FIBERS ONE TO ANOTHER INTO A THIN, NON-WOVEN TEXTILE AND PROVIDING A RECEPTIVE BASE FOR ANCHORAGE OF A THERMOPLASTIC COATING MATERIAL ONTO THE GLAS FIBER SURFACES, AND A THERMOPLASTIC HIGH OLYER FORMING A CONTINUOUS COATING ON THE SURFACE OF THE THIN NON-WOVEN TEXTILE TO PRODUCE A COATED FABRIC HAVING HIGH FLEXIBILITY, THE THERMOPLASTIC BINDER BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP COSINSNG OF BUTADIENE-ACRYLONIRILE COPOLYMER, POLLYMER, POLY RIDE, VINYL CHLORIDE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER, POLYVINYL ACETATE, VINYL ACETATE-VINYL CHLORIDE ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER, POLYVINYL BUTYRAL, POLYACRYLATES, POLYALKYLACRYLATES, POLYBTYLENE, POLESTERS, POLYSILOXANES, ISOPRENE - ISOBUTYLENE, POLESTERS, BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER, CHLOROPRENE AND A LATEX, AND IN WHICH THE HIGH POLYMER FOR THE SURFACE COATING IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF VINYL POLYMERS, VINYL DERIVATIVE POLYMERS AND VINYL COPOLYMERS POLYETHYLENE, POLYAMIDES, POLYACRYLATES, POLYALKYLACRYLATES, BUTADIENE-ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER, BUTADIENE-STYRENE COPOLYMER, CHLOROPRENE, ISOPRENE - ISOBUTYLENE COPOLYMER, CHLORINATED RUBBER, RUBBER HYDROCHLORIDE AND A RUBBER LATEX.