FLEXIBLE, FIRE-RESISTANT, DECORATIVE LAMINATES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

Composite, lightweight, flexible, fire-resistant, decorative laminates (10, 10 min , 10 sec ) suitable for use as wall coverings on bulkhead panels in commercial aircraft include: i) a laminar fire-resistant layer (15/14) including an aluminum foil sheet (15) bonded to a first inert polyvinylflouride sheet (14); ii) an underlying flexible paper-like base lamination (II); iii) means (12) for adhesively bonding the first polyvinylflouride sheet (14) to the panel-like base lamination (II); iv) a resinous embossing film (16) overlying and in face-to-face bonded relation to the aluminum foil sheet (15); v) sheet defining means (18, 18 min , 18 sec ) having an outer decorative surface and in overlying face-to-face bonded engagement with a resinous embossing film (16); and vi), an outer transparent sheet (21) of clear polyvinylflouride overlying in bonded face-to-face relation with the decorative surface (19, 22) of the sheet defining means (18, 18 min , 18 sec ).