Surface coverings containing fused recycled material and processes of making the same
AssigneeMannington Mills, Inc.
InventorsPeter Desai, Hao A. Chen, Nicholas Zerebecki
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Abstract
A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing waste or both. Surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention are also described as well as methods of making the backing or intermediate layer and methods of making the surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention.
Claims16
A surface covering comprising an intermediate layer comprising a fused recycled material, wherein said fused recycled material comprises at least one thermoplastic material, and a top coat layer located above said intermediate layer, wherein said surface covering is a resilient floor surface covering, wherein said intermediate layer is a continuous layer having substantially uniform thickness;
- and wherein said fused recycled material is obtained from carpet and/or carpet manufacturing waste.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.