Stain-Resistant Flooring Material
AssigneeAutoglym
InventorsAdrian John Shortland, Karen Alexandra Masters
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Abstract
The present invention provides a flooring material including a base portion, a coating portion being positioned in contact with an upper surface of the base portion and creating an upper surface of the flooring material, wherein the coating portion is substantially free from contaminants from the base portion which decrease the stain resistance of the coating portion and wherein the coating portion includes a first particulate material which at least partially penetrates the base portion and is proud from the upper surface of the flooring material.
Claims15
A method of making a flooring material, the method including the steps of:
- a) applying a base layer on a surface of a support;
- b) increasing the viscosity of the base layer;
- c) applying a coating layer on the base layer;
- and
- d) heating the layers.
A method of making a flooring material, the method including the steps of:
- a) applying a base layer on a surface of a support;
- b) increasing the viscosity of the base layer;
- c) applying a coating layer on the base layer;
- and d) heating the layers;
- wherein the method further includes a step of applying particulate material which is performed before and/or after step (c).
A method of making a flooring material, the method including the steps of:
- a) applying a base layer on a surface of a support;
- b) increasing the viscosity of the base layer such that there are not enough contaminants present at the surface of the base layer to diffuse into the coating layer;
- c) applying a coating layer on the base layer;
- and d) heating the layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.