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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mahendra Mehta, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Timothy R McLevish, Lenox, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B44F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428137 ; 428138 ; 428172 ; 4285422 ; 52313 ;
Abstract
A laminate useful as a flooring material having noise dampening properties, the laminate comprising a generally wood substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface a top paper layer bonded to the top surface and a backing layer bonded to the bottom surface. The wood substrate has a plurality of bores therein distributed across a surface thereof, the bores being shaped and sized to effect noise dampening.