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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. 21, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Kauffman, Manheim, PA (US);
George L Lilley, Manheim, PA (US);
David E Ruch, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B32B / ; D06N / ; E04F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 47 ; 428 44 ; 428136 ; 428138 ; 428155 ; 428218 ; 428251 ; 428252 ; 156163 ; 156 84 ; 156229 ; 2642108 ; 2642095 ; 52384 ;
Abstract
A vinyl tension floor covering includes a reinforcing layer, preferably disposed below the neutral bending plane. The floor covering elongates in at least one direction due to a controlled pre-stressed condition and tends to return to its original pre-elongated dimension. Reinforcing layers expand in the across machine direction as well as machine direction in response to a tensile stretching force in the machine direction or roll-up growth.