Covering for floors, walls or ceilings, and method for obtaining a covering
AssigneeBeaulieu International Group NV
InventorsJean-Claude Guyot, Tim Vanderhaegen
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Abstract
The current invention concerns a covering, such as a floor covering, wall covering or ceiling covering, said covering comprising a surface layer, and a substrate layer attached to said surface layer, said substrate layer optionally comprising one or more reinforced thermoplastic layers. Said covering further comprises a backing layer on the bottom side of said substrate layer, opposite to said surface layer, and a textile layer attached to the bottom side of said backing layer, optionally through a contact layer. The covering further comprises a coating applied to the bottom of said textile layer. The invention also provides a method for producing a covering, such as a floor covering, wall covering or ceiling covering.
Claims14
Covering including a floor covering, wall covering or ceiling covering, said covering comprising:
- a surface layer (1)), said surface layer (1) further comprising a decorative layer having a decorative pattern and a wear layer on top of the decorative layer;
- a substrate layer (2) attached to said surface layer (1), said substrate layer (2) optionally comprising one or more reinforced thermoplastic layers;
- a backing layer (3) on a bottom side (2b) of said substrate layer (2), opposite to said surface layer (1);
- a textile layer (4) attached to a bottom side (3b) of said backing layer (3), optionally through a contact layer;
- wherein said covering further comprises a PVC coating (5) applied to a bottom side (4b) of said textile layer (4), and
- wherein the coating (5) penetrates at least 50% of a thickness of the textile layer (4).
Method for producing a covering including a floor covering, wall covering or ceiling covering, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing a substrate layer (2) comprising one or more thermoplastic layers, and optionally, one or more reinforced thermoplastic layers;
- attaching a surface layer (1) to a top side (2a) of said substrate layer (2), whereby the surface layer (1) comprises a decorative layer having a decorative pattern and a wear layer on top of the decorative layer;
- attaching a top side (3a) of a backing layer (3) to a bottom side (2b) of said substrate layer (2);
- attaching a top side (4a) of a textile layer (4) to a bottom side (3b) of said backing layer (3), optionally, through a contact layer,
- wherein a PVC coating (5) is applied to a bottom side (4b) of said textile layer (4);
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- wherein the coating (5) penetrates at least 50% of a thickness of the textile layer (4);
- thereby obtaining a covering.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.