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AssigneeAWI Licensing LLC
InventorsKean M. Anspach, Thomas C. Bair, John R. Eshbach, JR.
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A resilient floor tile includes a base layer, a film layer, a decorative film layer, and a topcoat. The resilient floor tile has a shaped edge formed on an upper surface thereof that extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the resilient floor tile. In order to make the resilient floor tile, a continuous sheet of a base layer is conveyed into a press die. The press die is actuated from an open position to a closed position. The continuous sheet is cut with a blade of a cutting tool of the press die to form side surfaces of the resilient floor the when the press die is in the closed position. A shaped edge is formed on at least a portion of a perimeter of an upper surface of the resilient floor tile with a forming tool of the press die when the press die is in the closed position.
A resilient floor tile comprising a base layer, a film layer and a topcoat, wherein the base layer, having a top surface and a bottom surface, has side walls that are substantially vertical between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the side walls have a recessed portion formed therein.
A resilient floor tile comprising a base layer, wherein the base layer is resilient, and has a top surface and a bottom surface, wherein the base layer has side walls that are substantially vertical between the top surface and the bottom surface, and wherein the side walls have a recessed portion formed therein.
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