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US 2015/0175764 A1Published application
Sustainable residential sheet
OwnerJoshua J. LENSBOUER, Steven F. HYNICKAinventors
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Abstract
Described herein are surface coverings comprising a support layer; and a vinyl base layer formed from a fluid matrix comprising a virgin vinyl chloride resin, a recycled vinyl chloride resin, a plasticizer, and a blowing agent. Also described are methods of making and using same.
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A surface covering comprising:
- a support layer;
- and
- a vinyl base layer formed from a fluid matrix comprising:
- a vinyl chloride resin comprising a virgin vinyl chloride resin and a recycled vinyl chloride resin;
- a plasticizer;
- and
- a blowing agent.
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A method of making a surface covering comprising:
- providing a source of post-consumer or pre-consumer vinyl chloride resin containing scrap material;
- cryogenically freezing said scrap material;
- grinding said cryogenically frozen scrap material;
- mixing said ground scrap material with a plasticizer and a blowing agent, to form a fluid matrix;
- applying said fluid matrix to a support layer;
- and
- curing the support layer to which the fluid matrix has been applied.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.