Floor or wall coverings
AssigneeNairn Floors Limited
InventorsAlan Mawson, Frederick J. Rigby, Brian Williams
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Abstract
A floor or wall covering is disclosed which comprises a foamed polymeric layer including raised areas separated by recessed areas and a protective layer over the upper surface of the covering and comprising a first non-foamed layer and a second non-foamed layer and in which the second non-foamed layer is discontinuous and leaves part at least of the first non-foamed layer uncovered and has a gloss different from that of the first non-foamed layer or at least one of the first and second non-foamed layers is discontinuous and provides the protective layer with a difference in thickness that imparts a pattern in relief to the said covering.
Claims11
A floor or wall covering comprising a foamed polymeric layer including raised areas separated by recessed areas and a protective layer over the upper surface of the covering and comprising a first non-foamed layer and a visible second non-foamed layer above the first layer and in which the second non-foamed layer is discontinuous and leaves part at least of the first non-foamed layer uncovered and has a gloss different from that of the first non-foamed layer, and in which the thickness of the first and second non-foamable layers together is not more than 0.1 mm more than the thickness of the thicker of the non-foamable layers, and the thickness of the raised areas of the foamed polymeric layer is more than 0.1 mm more than the thickness of the recessed areas.
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