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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:
Jan. 10, 1989
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard H Balmer, Manheim, PA (US);
Barbara A Pfeiffer-Meshaw, Gordonville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428167 ; 428168 ; 428172 ; 428173 ;
Abstract
A surface covering product is disclosed which comprises a substrate material, an impervious coating upon said material, and, raised transparent or translucent or opague colored elements printed upon said coating. The raised elements are formed as dot-shaped colored elements and comprise a thixotropic plastic. An opague colored material surrounds the raised elements and a dot-like colored pattern is formed. The substrate can be provided with a granular material layer and the dot-shaped elements are reversed and pressed into the granular material layer.