A material composed of two or more layers, at least one of which is a textile fabric and at least one of which is a substantially continuous polymeric layer is defined as a coated fabric. Alternatively, coated fabric is defined as a textile fabric on which there has been formed in situ, on one or both surface, a layer or layers of adherent coating material. A coated fabric combines the benefits of the base fabric with those of the polymer with which it is coated. The resulting coated fabric will have many properties which can not be offered by either component individually, and careful consideration is necessary to select both base fabric and coating polymer.
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