SHEET MATERIAL FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SHOES, METHOD OF MAKING SAME AND SHOE INSOLE

摘要

A sheet material suitable for use in the manufacture of shoes comprising a non-woven fibre fabric having a stiffening thermoformable binder impregnated into and extending inwardly from one surface of the fabric for a depth of more than 0.25mm and the remaining part of the fabric being impregnated with a resilient rubbery binder and having a lower binder to fibre weight ratio than the region impregnated with the stiffening thermoformable binder. A method of making a material and a shoe insole including the material are also described.