Abstract: A mat like composite body (1) comprising a cover layer (2) of a fiber or filament fleece and a backing layer (3) comprising the same fleece or of a synthetic plastic sheet (7), in particular one provided with depressions (8), between the cover layer (2) and the backing layer (3) a layer (5) of particles (6) of an inert material, preferably rock particles, is arranged. The three layers (2, 3 5) are needle-bonded together prefereably with holding fibers (4) taken from the cover layer (2) is described. Different possible applications of the composite body (1) are disclosed, whereby the composite body (1) by the utilization of the properties of the granular particles (6), which serve for example to dilute and/or carry other particles (13), such as binders, active ingredients, etc, is applied to the external treatment of human or animal bodies, sound attenuation, fire protection, the weighting of third bodies or as a so-called car protection mat.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of fiber-reinforced flat bodies containing a hardenable binder is described, wherein a core layer containing the prepared, unhardened (liquid) binder is placed between a cover layer and a backing layer; in order to provide this three layer body with its own internal cohesion even in the unhardened condition and to improve the mechanical properties of the body in the hardened state, the three layers, at least one of the outer ones of which consists of fibers capable of active fiber bonding, are needle bonded together prior to the hardening of the binder, so that the layers will hold together in the deformable state, whereupon the binder is hardened, while the fibers provide the body with an elasticity different from that of the hardened core layer. Prior to hardening, the composite body may be provided with orifices or slits, without the loss of the mass of the core layer from the body.