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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. 31, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Hensel, Millersville, PA (US);
Leonard N Ray, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
Joseph F Reuwer, Jr, Lancaster, PA (US);
Jerome D Wisnosky, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 76 ; 428195 ; 428457 ; 428688 ; 428698 ; 4289088 ; 427 541 ;
Abstract
A floor covering is a laminate including a hard inorganic wear layer deposited on a support, preferably by a reduced pressure environment technique such as ion assisted physical vapor deposition. The support may be selected from metal foils, films or sheets and plastics, rubbers or mineral/binder systems. The preferred support materials include stainless steel and polyester sheet molding compound.