# US 9,517,587 B2 · Method for manufacture of dry adhesive backed flooring

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- Number: US 9,517,587 B2
- Document ID: US9517587B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/866,329
- Filed: 2013-04-19
- Published: 2013-09-05
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2010-05-06
- Assignees: Base King, LLC
- Applicants: Base King, LLC
- Inventors: Dennis G. Schlisner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517587B2

## CPC

- B32B 7/12: using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
- B29C 63/02: using sheet or web-like material (B29C63/26 {and B29C63/38} take precedence)
- B32B 3/266: {characterised by an apertured layer, the apertures going through the whole thickness of the layer, e.g. expanded metal, perforated layer, slit layer regular cells B32B3/12}
- B32B 5/028: {Net structure, e.g. spaced apart filaments bonded at the crossing points}
- B32B 27/30: comprising vinyl {(co)polymers; comprising acrylic (co)polymers}
- B32B 27/308: {comprising acrylic (co)polymers}
- B32B 27/36: comprising polyesters
- B32B 37/0015: {to avoid warp or curl}
- B32B 38/1841: {during laying up}
- C09J 7/21: Paper; Textile fabrics
- C09J 7/38: Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]
- E04F 15/16: Flooring, e.g. parquet on flexible web, laid as flexible webs; Webs specially adapted for use as flooring; {Parquet on flexible web}(resiliently-mounted floors, e.g. sprung floors, E04F15/22; linoleum D06N; {carpets A47G27/00})
- E04F 15/163: {Webs specially adapted for use as finishing layers}
- B32B 37/003: {to avoid air inclusion}
- B32B 37/12: characterised by using adhesives
- B32B 38/1875: {Tensioning}
- B32B 2255/10: on synthetic resin layer or on natural or synthetic rubber layer
- B32B 2255/26: Polymeric coating
- B32B 2305/38: Meshes, lattices or nets
- B32B 2405/00: Adhesive articles, e.g. adhesive tapes
- B32B 2471/00: Floor coverings (B32B2419/04 takes precedence)
- C09J 133/00: Adhesives based on homopolymers or copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by only one carboxyl radical, or of salts, anhydrides, esters, amides, imides, or nitriles thereof; Adhesives based on derivatives of such polymers
- C09J 2301/124: the adhesive layer being present on both sides of the carrier, e.g. double-sided adhesive tape
- C09J 2301/302: the adhesive being pressure-sensitive, i.e. tacky at temperatures inferior to 30°C
- C09J 2400/263: in the substrate
- C09J 2433/00: Presence of (meth)acrylic polymer
- C09J 2467/006: in the substrate
- Y10T 156/10: Methods of surface bonding and/or assembly therefor
- Y10T 428/24752: Laterally noncoextensive components
- Y10T 428/2476: Fabric, cloth or textile component
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H)
- E04F: FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS (windows, doors E06B)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A dry adhesive backed flooring for being installed in a flat orientation on a subfloor, the flooring including a sheet flooring material and a double-sided sheet adhesive married to the flooring material. The installed flooring is substantially free of bubbles and wrinkles and the flooring remains substantially flat as initially applied and does not significantly rise from the subfloor, bubble or otherwise detach from the subfloor under normal use conditions for the flooring.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a dry adhesive backed flooring for being installed in a flat orientation on a subfloor, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a roll of a sheet flooring material provided in a roll, the sheet flooring material having a first length, a first width, a decorative upper surface, and an opposite under surface;
providing a roll of a double-sided dry sheet adhesive substantially free of volatile organic compounds, the sheet adhesive having a second length substantially corresponding to the first length, a second width slightly less than but substantially corresponding to the first width, and first and second adhesive surfaces, and
contacting the first adhesive surface to the under surface of the sheet flooring material to marry the sheet flooring material and the sheet adhesive to yield the dry adhesive backed flooring,
wherein the dry adhesive backed flooring is installable on a subfloor by contacting the second adhesive surface to the subfloor, to yield an installed dry adhesive backed flooring that is substantially free of bubbles and wrinkles and the second adhesive surface of the sheet adhesive will substantially permanently maintain the installed dry adhesive backed flooring adhered to the subfloor such that the installed dry adhesive backed flooring will remain substantially flat as initially installed and not significantly rise from the subfloor, bubble or otherwise detach from the subfloor under normal use conditions for the dry adhesive backed flooring.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the double-sided sheet adhesive comprises a double-sided polyacrylic adhesive sheet material having a polyethylene terephthalate scrim coated on both sides with a polyacrylic-based adhesive.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the flooring material comprises vinyl flooring material.

### Claim 4

A method of manufacturing dry adhesive backed flooring for being installed in a flat orientation on a subfloor, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a continuous sheet vinyl or rubber flooring material having a first length, a first width, a decorative continuous upper surface, and an opposite continuous under surface; and
providing a continuous double-sided dry sheet adhesive having a second length substantially corresponding to the first length, a second width slightly less than but substantially corresponding to the first width, and first and second adhesive surfaces,
contacting the first adhesive surface as a dry sheet to the under surface of the sheet flooring material to marry the double-sided dry sheet adhesive to the sheet flooring material;
wherein the dry adhesive backed flooring is installable on a subfloor by contacting the second adhesive surface to the subfloor, to yield an installed dry adhesive backed flooring that is substantially free of bubbles and wrinkles and the second adhesive surface of the sheet adhesive will substantially permanently maintain the dry adhesive backed flooring adhered to the subfloor such that the installed dry adhesive backed flooring will remain substantially flat as initially installed and not significantly rise from the subfloor, bubble or otherwise detach from the subfloor under normal use conditions for the dry adhesive backed flooring.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the double-sided dry sheet adhesive comprises a double-sided polyacrylic adhesive sheet material having a polyethylene terephthalate scrim coated on both sides with a polyacrylic-based adhesive.