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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.:

US 10982383 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2018

Floor coverings and floor covering systems and methods of making and installing same

Applicant:

Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);

Inventors:

Fain Alexander Cochran, III, Cartersville, GA (US);

Jill Glascock Suhm, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:

COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, Omaha, NE (US);

Attorney:

Ballard Spahr LLP

Primary Examiner:

Cheryl Juska

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G 27/02 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01); C09J 7/40 (2018.01); E01C 13/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); C09J 7/22 (2018.01); C09J 7/30 (2018.01); C09J 123/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06N 7/0071 (2013.01); A47G 27/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/304 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); C09J 7/22 (2018.01); C09J 7/30 (2018.01); C09J 7/403 (2018.01); C09J 7/405 (2018.01); C09J 123/06 (2013.01); D06N 7/0081 (2013.01); D06N 7/0092 (2013.01); E01C 13/08 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7242 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2471/02 (2013.01); C09J 2203/314 (2013.01); C09J 2423/04 (2013.01); C09J 2423/045 (2013.01); C09J 2423/046 (2013.01); C09J 2423/10 (2013.01); C09J 2423/105 (2013.01); C09J 2423/106 (2013.01); C09J 2427/005 (2013.01); C09J 2433/00 (2013.01); C09J 2467/005 (2013.01); C09J 2467/006 (2013.01); C09J 2475/005 (2013.01); D06N 2213/068 (2013.01); D10B 2503/04 (2013.01); Y10T 428/23979 (2015.04);
Abstract

Floor coverings having a greige good, an adhesive layer, and a secondary backing material. The greige good has a primary backing component having adjoined first and second portions, and a plurality of fibers. The secondary backing material has an attached portion and a first exposable portion, with the attached portion adhered to the first portion of the primary backing component by contact with the adhesive layer. The second portion of the primary backing component is unattached to the first exposable portion of the secondary backing material, and the first exposable portion defines a portion of the first end edge of the floor covering. The second portion of the primary backing component is selectively moveable relative to the first portion to a position in which at least a portion of the second portion of the primary backing component does not overlie the first exposable portion of the secondary backing material.

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