Columbia Insurance Company

Shaw Industries, Inc.

Shaw Industries Group, Inc.

Jeffrey J Wright

Kellie Ballew

William N Vaughan

James Jarrett

Kris Edward Hahn

Philipe C F Aldahir

Kyle Andrew Aylor

John J M Rees

Tom Odum

Jay Peter Vecsey

Jean Briere

Von L Moody

Mahesh Subramanian

Kellie J Ballew

A tufted article (e.g., an artificial turf panel) having a backing and a plurality of tufts extending through the backing. The plurality of tufts are distributed among a plurality of patterned regions. Each patterned region has at least one tuft of the plurality of tufts. The tufts of each patterned region differ from the tufts of at least one other patterned region of the tufted article in at least one of color, pile height, yarn type, or yarn density. At least one patterned region creates a longitudinal discontinuity in the color pattern of the tufted article. The tufted article does not have a seam. Complementary side edges of the tufted articles can be secured together to form at least a portion of the surface covering without the need for cutting or the use of inlay components.

Patterned tufted articles, surface coverings comprising same, and systems and methods of making and using same

Patterned tufted articles, surface coverings comprising same, and systems and methods of making same

Described herein are resilient floor coverings made from non-vinyl materials and methods for manufacturing same. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Resilient flooring product and methods of making same

The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making and recycling carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes: a primary backing which has a face and a back surface; a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary backing and exposed at the back surface of the primary backing; an adhesive composition backing; and an optional secondary backing adjacent to the adhesive backing. The method of making carpet includes extrusion coating the adhesive composition onto the back surface of a primary backing to form the adhesive composition backing. The method of recycling carpet can recover one or more polymeric carpet components.

Methods and systems from recycling carpet and carpets manufactured from recycled material

Described herein are methods for manufacturing resilient floor coverings made from non-vinyl materials.

Non-vinyl resilient flooring product and methods of making same

Described herein is a resilient floor covering made from non-vinyl materials. Also disclosed are related methods for manufacturing the resilient floor coverings described herein.

Methods and systems for recycling carpet and carpets manufactured from recycled material

The invention relates to an acarcid-resistant carpet wherein an acaracidal compound is fixed at or near the base of the carpet tufts over which an adhesive layer is applied to the carpet tufts into a primary backing material. The invention further relates to methods of making such carpet.

Acaracidal carpet and method of making the same

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Cartersville, GA, United States of America

Jeffrey J Wright