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US 7,921,789 B2Granted
Carpet and method of making same
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsJames H. Bailey, Paul A. Young
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Abstract
A carpet that can be installed onto a flooring surface without the requirement for registration between adjacent broadloom carpet pieces. The carpet comprises a design member that comprises a plurality of pattern members that are colorized and that define a void area, which has a substantially uniform color and pile height.
Claims18
A method of producing a carpet, comprising:
- designing a design member for a carpet web having a production axis, the design member comprising a plurality of pattern members that defines a void area therebetween, the step of designing a design member further comprising forming at least one line segment that at least partially partitions at least one pattern member of the plurality of pattern members, and wherein at least a portion of the void area is formed by the at least one line segment, wherein the void area comprises a substantially uniform void color;
- creating at least one predetermined color pattern, each predetermined color pattern formed from a plurality of colors;
- overlying a selected one of the at least one predetermined color pattern thereon the design member to colorize at least a portion of at least one pattern member of the plurality of pattern members;
- sequentially overlying at least one of the at least one predetermined color pattern thereon the design member until the entirety of the plurality of pattern members are colorized;
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- producing the carpet web with the colorized pattern members,
- wherein each predetermined color pattern is differently patterned with respect to the pattern members of the design member.
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