Coated leather products and methods for producing them

Claim 1

AS AN ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE, A LEATHER HAVING A MULTI-LAYER COATING THEREON, ONE LAYER OF WHICH COMPRISES A PIGMENTED WATER-INSOLUBLE LINEAR POLYMER, HAVING AN APPARENT SECOND ORDER TRANSITION TEMPERATURE FROM -50*C. TO -10*C., OF ABOUT 3 TO 15% BY WEIGHT OF DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL VINYL ETHER AND 97 TO 85% RESPECTIVELY OF AT LEAST ONE ALKYL ESTER OF ACRYLIC ACID IN WHICH THE ALKYL GROUP HAS 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, SAID COATING CONTAINING 10 TO 150% BY WEIGHT, BASED ON THE WEIGHT OF THE POLYMER, OF A PIGMENT, THE AMOUNT OF POLYMER IN THE COATING BEING FROM 1 TO 15 POUNDS PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF THE LEATHER, AND SUPERIMPOSED ON SAID LAYER, A PIGMENTED LACQUER COATING COMPRISING A VINYL RESIN AND A PLASTICIZER FOR THE VINYL RESIN.