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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:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward A Burkard, East Amherst, NY (US);
Assignee:
National Gypsum Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ; B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 70 ; 156 41 ; 156 42 ; 428247 ; 428703 ;
Abstract
A backer board for use as a base to which ceramic tile is bonded for a bathtub or shower area, in which the board is made by forming a gypsum core board with fiber glass laminated composite facings, which include an inner fiber glass scrim, an outer fiber glass nonwoven matte and an acrylic film, which film is formed of an acrylic latex of a class commonly employed as an ingredient in Portland cement mortar for applying ceramic tile.