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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 12491699 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 09, 2025

Acoustic article, decorative element, and systems comprising same

Applicant:

Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);

Inventors:

Clark Hodgkins, Dalton, GA (US);

Barrett Morton, Dalton, GA (US);

Julie Brumbelow, Dalton, GA (US);

Thomas Odum, Dalton, GA (US);

Dennis Hart, Dalton, GA (US);

Joseph Michael Woodall, Ringgold, GA (US);

Assignee:

Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US);

Attorney:

Ballard Spahr LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sheeba Ahmed

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 27/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 13/12 (2006.01); B32B 13/14 (2006.01); B32B 21/08 (2006.01); B32B 21/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); G10K 11/168 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/18 (2013.01); G10K 11/168 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 13/12 (2013.01); B32B 13/14 (2013.01); B32B 21/08 (2013.01); B32B 21/10 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0261 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2307/536 (2013.01); B32B 2307/72 (2013.01); B32B 2307/724 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7376 (2023.05); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01); B32B 2607/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Acoustic articles, decorative elements, and system containing the same can include a decorative element having a first side and an opposing second side, and an acoustic article coupled to the opposing second side of the decorative element. The acoustic article can include an entangled fiber structure. The acoustic article can have a thickness of at least 0.4 mm, and can compress less than 25% of the thickness thereof when subjected to a pressure of 2 lbf/in.

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