Floor mat with flock fibers adhesively bonded onto a thin polymeric film
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsSteven S. Bish, Paul J. Sagel, Toan Trinh
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Abstract
Disclosed in an article comprising flock fibers adhesively bonded to a thin, heat stable, flexible, water-impermeable, polymeric film. The preferred article is a flocked floor mat with good water and wet soil absorbency and door clearance: a preferred mat comprises short fibers bonded, with a hydrophilic adhesive, to the thin polymeric film which in turn is preferably laminated to a thin foam secondary backing.
Claims11
A floor mat comprising a thin, flexible polymeric film primary backing, a flocking adhesive, and assembled flock fibers, the fibers being bonded to the primary backing with the flocking adhesive;
- wherein the film is a water-impermeable, polymeric film, said film being dimensionally stable under flocking adhesive curing conditions;
- wherein the flexible polymeric film is selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate, nylon, polyester, polypropylene, and other suitable flexible films, said film having a thickness of at least 0.005 mm, and wherein said adhesive is coated on said film at a thickness of at least 0.1 mm prior to flocking, and wherein the fibers are flocked onto the film at a level of from about 1,000 to about 40,000 fibers/cm.sup.2 ;
- the fibers having lengths of from 0.4 mm to about 10 mm and a denier of from 1.5 to about 80, and wherein the flocking adhesive is cured, and the cured adhesive has a water contact angle of from 0.degree. to 70.degree..
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