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US 5,728,476 AGranted
Floor coverings
AssigneeThe Amtico Company Limited
InventorsIvor Charles Harwood, Gary John Wilson
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Abstract
Resilient floor coverings are disclosed wherein the wear layer is a polymer composition, prepared from an ionomer resin and a polyfunctional olefinic compound, such as a polyfunctional acrylate. These floor coverings have good visual appearance and good burn, abrasion and stain resistance.
Claims21
A resilient floor covering comprising a polymer composition wear layer laminated to at least one underlying layer, wherein said polymer composition wear layer comprises a polymerization product of
- a) an ionomer resin which is the co-polymerization product of .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated carboxylic acid and an olefin, wherein the carboxylic acid groups of said acid are at least partially neutralized by salt formation with metal ions;
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- b) a polyfunctional polymerizable olefinic compound.
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