Method and apparatus for floor tiles and planks
AssigneeAdvancecd Vinyl Floor Manufacturing Corp.
InventorChao Kang Pien
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Abstract
A piece for flooring which includes a wear layer, a pattern layer, a base layer, and a backing layer. The base layer may be made of a mixture including ilmenite powder. About one third of the mixture may be ilmenite powder. The mixture may also include calcium carbonate, wherein about one quarter of the mixture is calcium carbonate. The mixture may further include polyvinylchloride, wherein about one quarter of the mixture is polyvinylchloride. The backing layer may include a plurality of devices which are hexagonally shaped, wherein the plurality of devices form a honeycomb structure which contacts a top floor surface when the piece is placed on the top floor surface. The backing layer may have a bottom surface including anti-slip backing film, which may be comprised of polyurethane.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising
- a piece for flooring comprised of
- a wear layer,
- a pattern layer,
- a base layer, and
- and a backing layer;
- and wherein the base layer is made of a mixture comprised of ilmenite powder;
- wherein the backing layer has a bottom surface including anti-slip backing coating;
- wherein the anti-slip backing coating is a water based synthetic material including water, dipropylene glycol, polypropylene homopolymer, and n-butyly ether.
A method comprising
- placing a plurality of pieces for flooring on a subfloor to form a floor;
- wherein each of the plurality of pieces is comprised of:
- a wear layer,
- a pattern layer,
- a base layer, and
- and a backing layer;
- and wherein the base layer is made of a mixture comprised of ilmenite powder;
- wherein the backing layer has a bottom surface including anti-slip backing coating;
- wherein the anti-slip backing coating is a water based synthetic material including water, dipropylene glycol, polypropylene homopolymer, and n-butyly ether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.