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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:
Dec. 01, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
John R Eshbach, Lancaster, PA (US);
Richard E Felter, Lancaster, PA (US);
Thomas Posipanko, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428188 ; 156229 ; 156277 ; 156298 ; 1563031 ; 264138 ; 264257 ; 264277 ; 2642884 ; 428292 ; 428293 ; 428294 ; 428295 ; 428392 ; 428395 ; 428913 ;
Abstract
An article which has utility as a decorative surface for materials such as resilient flooring, furniture, walls, ceilings, counter tops and the like is produced by aligning and embedding a plurality of fibers in a translucent binder, curing the binder and thereafter subjecting the binder to tension which is applied in such a manner to thereby create aligned air pockets along the surface of at least some of the fibers. The article, thus produced, is typically in the form of a film, sheet, or board.