A sun shade includes a glass strand layer sandwiched between a first and second layer of plastic sheet material.

The invention relates to a steel-wire rope, in particular to a standard product in which the external threads (6) of the strands (3) of an internal strand layer (2) are provided wit a plastic coating (7).

The composite is formed from an elastic strand layer laminated to a nonwoven web facing.

As a result of the present invention, the elastic strand layer may be extended and recover from its unoriented state.

The composite may be later activated (e.g., heated) to shrink the elastic strand layer and provide it with 'latent' stretchability.

More specifically, the elastic strand layer may be stretched in one or more directions to orient the elastomer chains.

The stretched elastic strand layer may subsequently be relaxed and bonded to a nonwoven web facing to form the composite.

Latent elasticity may be imparted to the elastic strand layer through the combination of a thermoplastic elastomer and a polyolefin capable of forming semi-crystalline domains among the elastomeric chains.