Abstract: The invention relates to a covering part with cable channels and a cabled covering part such as a carpet for vehicles, which is provided with several self-closing channels acommodating a cable network. These channels can be formed directly into the spring-elastic part of the covering or can comprise a plastic or foam rubber sleeve slotted on their longitudinal side and lying in the covering part. The inexpensive and simple to manufacture covering part permits an exact leading of the cables, a good protection for the cable network and a simple and quick application and exchange of the cables. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such a covering part.

Abstract: A method of jointing textile belting or webbing using a polyurethane compound, the method comprising coating two ends of the belting or webbing to be joined with a castable liquid mixture that is heat curable to give the polyurethane compound and comprising at least one component that is chemically blocked to substantially eliminate the curing reaction at ambient temperature, and heat curing the mixture on the ends when the ends are in face-to-face relationship. The liquid castable mixture preferably comprises a polyurethane prepolymer and a methylene dianiline sodium chloride complex.