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US 4,614,680 AGranted
Decorative product
AssigneeArmstrong World Industries, Inc.
InventorsWilliam F. Fry, Rickie L. Sitler
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Abstract
A decorative product constructed of polymeric materials is provided wherein the top layer of the product is a film or layer of thermoplastic polymer (e.g., polyvinyl chloride) having a relief pattern on one surface and bonded at its other surface to a base layer of a thermoplastic ethylene interpolymer (e.g., an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer). The product is useful as a floor or wall covering.
Claims19
A decorative laminate suitable as a floor covering comprising
- a top layer of organic polymeric material having a relief pattern including a plurality of individual raised segments extending upwardly on the surface of said top layer, each surrounded by interconnected substantially uniplanar recessed segments, and
- a base layer bonded to said top layer of a thermoplastic ethylene interpolymer selected from the group consisting of ethylene and vinyl-acetate;
- ethylene and acrylic acid;
- ethylene and methacrylic acid;
- ethylene and ethyl acrylate;
- ethylene and butyl or isobutyl acrylate;
- ethylene and methyl methacrylate;
- ethylene, vinyl acetate and methacrylic acid;
- and ethylene vinyl acetate and carbon monoxide, and mixtures of said copolymers.
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