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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Engineered Floors Llc, Dalton, GA (US);
Inventors:
John Joseph Matthews Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Stephen Tsiarkezos, Elkton, MD (US);
Dimitri Zafiroglu, Centreville, DE (US);
Assignee:
ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC, Dalton, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 1/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/22 (2006.01); D06P 7/00 (2006.01); D05C 17/02 (2006.01); D06P 1/44 (2006.01); D06Q 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06P 1/0008 (2013.01); D05C 17/026 (2013.01); D06P 1/445 (2013.01); D06P 5/22 (2013.01); D06P 7/00 (2013.01); D06Q 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
An adhesive layer carrying a uniform color or a color-scheme is placed within or under a colored or color-printed conformable fabric that is simultaneously or subsequently molded into a three-dimensional shape or embossed with a three-dimensional pattern. The thermoplastic adhesive layer proceeds towards the fabric surface and matches or masks the color gaps opened on the surface by molding or embossing. The fabric can also be laminated to a backing during the molding or embossing process.