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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. 30, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Peter Desai, Cartersville, GA (US);
Hao A. Chen, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Nicholas Zerebecki, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Peter Desai, Cartersville, GA (US);
Hao A. Chen, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Nicholas Zerebecki, Mullica Hill, NJ (US);
Mannington Mills, Inc., Salem, NJ (US);
Abstract
A backing or an intermediate layer for a surface covering is described which comprises a fused recycled material, wherein the material comprises a thermoplastic material, for instance, a vinyl material from a vinyl backed carpet or vinyl backed carpet manufacturing waste or both. Surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention are also described as well as methods of making the backing or intermediate layer and methods of making the surface coverings containing the backing or intermediate layer of the present invention.
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