Interface, Inc.

Daniel F., Jr. Pinholster

Lawrence W. Blakely

Michael A. Howe

Robert H., Sr. Mcintosh

Claude Edward Terry

Lawrence W Blakely

Michael A Howe

Robert H McIntosh, Sr

Daniel F Pinholster, Jr

Jr Pinholster Daniel F

Sr Mcintosh Robert H

A fusion bonded carpet in which the pile yarn is secured in a non hot-melt latex adhesive base and methods of manufacture of such carpet.

Latex fusion bonded pile carpets and carpet tile

A carpet and carpet tile resistant to the growth of Gram negative, Gram positive and fungal organisms which contains a polymeric non-plasticized PVC tuftlock precoat, fusion bonding adhesive, or secondary backing which has incorporated in it a phosphoric acid ester or its salt of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R and R' are alkyl, oxyalkyl, polyoxyalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkaryl groups of C.sub.1 to C.sub.24, and one of R or R' can be H; X is a Group I metal ion, Group II metal ion, transition metal ion, or NY.sub.1 Y.sub.2 Y.sub.3 Y.sub.4, where Y.sub.1-4 are hydrogen, a hydrocarbon of C.sub.1 to C.sub.24, or a hydroxyalkyl group of C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 ; and there is at least one free hydroxyl group; and when X is NY.sub.1 Y.sub.2 Y.sub.3 Y.sub.4 or a Group I metal ion, n is 1, when X is a Group II metal ion, n is 2; and when X is a transition metal, n is equal to the valence of the metal.

Antimicrobial carpet and carpet tile

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LaGrange, GA, United States of America

Lawrence W Blakely