Laminate flooring planks incorporating antimicrobial agents
OwnerRobert R. Krebs, Victoria Lynn Stolarski +1inventors
InventorsRobert R. Krebs, Victoria Lynn Stolarski, Curt R. Haffner
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Abstract
A flooring plank includes a decorative upper surface, a core layer providing support and stability to the flooring plank and a backing layer secured to the underside of the core layer. The core layer includes a plurality of edges adapted for engagement with adjacent flooring planks during the installation of flooring planks in accordance with the present invention. In addition, the backing layer includes at least one sheet of resin impregnated paper and an antimicrobial agent acting upon unwanted biological organisms so as to inhibit the growth of mold, mildew, bacteria or other unwanted biological agents adjacent the underside of the flooring plank.
Claims20
A flooring plank comprising:
- a decorative upper surface;
- a core layer providing support and stability to the flooring plank, the core layer including a plurality of edges adapted for engagement with adjacent flooring planks during the installation of flooring planks;
- a backing layer secured to an underside of the core layer, the backing layer comprising at least one sheet of resin impregnated paper and an antimicrobial agent acting upon unwanted biological organisms so as to inhibit the growth of mold, mildew, bacteria or other unwanted biological agents adjacent an underside of the flooring plank
A method for forming a flooring plank which inhibits the growth of unwanted organisms, comprising the following steps:
- forming a backing layer comprising at least one sheet of resin impregnated paper, the backing layer being formed so as to include an antimicrobial agent acting upon unwanted biological organisms;
- securing the backing layer to an underside of a core layer having a decorative surface along its upper surface, the backing layer being secured to the underside of the core layer so as to inhibit the growth of mold, mildew, bacteria and other unwanted biological agents adjacent an underside of the flooring plank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.