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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:
Sep. 30, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Fry, Columbia, PA (US);
Rickie L Sitler, Wrightsville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 78 ; 156246 ; 156231 ;
Abstract
A method for making a decorative product is provided which includes forming on a top layer of polymeric material (e.g., polyvinyl chloride) a relief pattern, and bonding said top layer to a base layer of a thermoplastic ethylene interpolymer (e.g., an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer). The product is useful as a floor or wall covering.