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US 2024/0410182 A1Published application
Flooring panel equipped with quick-release adhesive sheet and methods for making same
AssigneesEcoInteriors Corp., OneFlor USA, LLC
InventorsDavid J. Kim, Chi-Jung Lin
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Abstract
A flooring panel is provided with a quick-release adhesive sheet such that the flooring panel can be quickly attached to a support surface and removed therefrom. More particularly, the flooring panel includes a top floor layer attached or laminated to the adhesive sheet, which underlies the floor layer. The top flooring layer can be any type of flooring material, such as vinyl flooring, real or engineered wood flooring, etc.
Claims22
1-20. (canceled)
A method of making an adhesive sheet, comprising:
- cutting a foam into a plurality of sheets in desired thicknesses;
- attaching each one of the plurality of sheets to another one of the plurality of sheets in an end-to-end fashion so as to create a substantially continuous foam sheet;
- applying a primer coating to a first side of the substantially continuous foam sheet;
- curing the primer coating;
- applying a bonding agent over the cured primer coating;
- curing the bonding agent to form a bonding layer over the primer coating;
- applying a coating of sealing material to a second side of the substantially continuous foam sheet;
- curing the sealing material coating;
- applying a first protective film to the bonding layer;
- and
- applying a second protective film to the sealing material coating.
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A method of making an adhesive sheet, comprising:
- cutting a foam into a plurality of sheets in desired thicknesses, wherein the foam includes a closed-cell structure having a plurality of isolated cavities;
- attaching each one of the plurality of sheets to another one of the plurality of sheets in an end-to-end fashion so as to create a substantially continuous foam sheet;
- applying a primer coating to a first side of the substantially continuous foam sheet;
- curing the primer coating;
- applying a bonding agent over the cured primer coating;
- curing the bonding agent to form a bonding layer over the primer coating;
- applying a coating of sealing material to a second side of the substantially continuous foam sheet;
- forming a plurality of open holes in the second side of the substantially continuous foam sheet so as to be isolated from the plurality of isolated cavities;
- and
- curing the sealing material coating so as to enable at least some of the open holes to function as micro-suction holes for releasably maintaining suction against a support surface and to thereby provide the second side of the substantially continuous foam sheet with a self-adhesive property, whereby said substantially continuous foam sheet can be releasably attached to the support surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.