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US 4,756,951 AGranted
Decorative surface coverings having platey material
AssigneeMannington Mills, Inc.
InventorsC. David Wang, Jeffrey R. Shultz, Hao A. Chen
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Abstract
A decorative surface covering and a method of and an apparatus for making the decorative surface covering. The decorative surface covering has a transparent or translucent layer. The transparent or translucent layer contains a platey material oriented at two or more different angles with respect to the surface of the layer to provide an enhanced three dimensional effect to the decorative surface covering.
Claims33
A decorative surface covering comprising:
- (a) a substrate;
- (b) a transparent or translucent layer overlying the substrate;
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- (c) platey material distributed throughout the transparent or translucent layer, the platey material being substantially oriented at two or more different angles with respect to the surface of the transparent or translucent layer, whereby the platey material reflects and diffracts light at various angles as the light passes within the transparent or translucent layer to provide an enhanced three dimensional effect to the decorative surface covering.
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A decorative surface covering comprising:
- (a) a substrate;
- (b) a transparent or translucent layer overlying the substrate;
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- (c) platey material distributed throughout the transparent or translucent layer, a first portion of the platey material being positioned substantially vertical to the surface of the transparent or translucent layer and a second portion of the platey material being positioned substantially horizontal to the surface of the transparent or translucent layer, whereby the platey material reflects and diffracts light at various angles as the light passes within the transparent or translucent layer to provide an enhanced three dimensional effect to the decorative surface covering.
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A decorative surface covering comprising:
- (a) a substrate including a foamable resinous layer containing a foaming agent;
- (b) a transparent or translucent first layer overlying the substrate;
- (c) platey material distributed throughout the first layer, the platey material being substantially oriented at two or more different angles with respect to the surface of the layer, whereby the platey material reflects and diffracts light at various angles as the light passes within the transparent or translucent layer to provide an enhanced three dimensional effect to the decorative surface covering;
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- (d) a plurality of transparent or translucent layers overlying the first layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.