Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same
AssigneeMannington Mills, Inc.
InventorsPeter Desai, Hao Chen, Nicholas Zerebecki
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Abstract
A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing waste or both. Surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention are also described as well as methods of making the backing or intermediate layer and methods of making the surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention.
Claims6
A backing for a surface covering comprising fused recycled material, wherein said recycled material comprises at least one thermoplastic material.
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A surface covering comprising a backing or intermediate layer comprising a fused recycled material, wherein said recycled material comprises at least one thermoplastic material.
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A method of making a backing for a surface covering comprising applying recycled material in the form of particles on a substrate to form a layer, wherein said recycled material comprises a thermoplastic material;
- and fusing said recycled powder to form a continuous backing layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.