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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Mohawk Carpet Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron C. Dilbeck, Dallas, TX (US);
David A. Earl, Corning, NY (US);
Terry Adams, Dallas, TX (US);
Norm Elias, Terrell, TX (US);
Linda Robledo, Mesquite, TX (US);
Assignee:
Mohawk Carpet Company, Calhoun, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 8/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/02 (2006.01); E04C 2/02 (2006.01); C04B 41/86 (2006.01); C04B 41/89 (2006.01); C04B 41/00 (2006.01); C04B 41/50 (2006.01); C04B 41/52 (2006.01); C03C 3/087 (2006.01); C03C 8/04 (2006.01); C03C 8/20 (2006.01); C04B 111/00 (2006.01); C04B 111/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 8/02 (2013.01); B05D 3/0254 (2013.01); C03C 3/087 (2013.01); C03C 8/04 (2013.01); C03C 8/20 (2013.01); C04B 41/009 (2013.01); C04B 41/5022 (2013.01); C04B 41/52 (2013.01); C04B 41/86 (2013.01); C04B 41/89 (2013.01); E04C 2/02 (2013.01); C03C 2209/00 (2013.01); C04B 2111/00362 (2013.01); C04B 2111/2069 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24355 (2015.01); Y10T 428/252 (2015.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are tiles, coatings, and related methods that provide both high cleanability and high slip resistance. The coating can be a surface coating with a unique chemical make-up. The surface coating can also have particles suspended within it. During a firing process, the coating and particles can settle in such a manner that the surface structure of the coating, and thus the surface structure of the tile, is both easy to clean and slip-resistant.