US Patent Issued to ENR on Nov. 3 for "Lightweight and flexible web-structured recycled leather sheet and a manufacturing method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,820, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ENR Co. LTD. (Busan, South Korea).

"Lightweight and flexible web-structured recycled leather sheet and a manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Hojin Kim (Busan, South Korea), Wonju Kim (Busan, South Korea) and Jinsoo Kang (Yangsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention can be manufactured a recycled leather sheet treated with waterproof and flame retardant in a form of a sheet having a thickness of 10 to 500 mm, and maintains a weight of 700 to 1200 g/m2 of a final recycled leather weight. In addition, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, and recycled yarns can ...