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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Rebecca L. Winey, Lancaster, PA (US);
Jeffrey S. Ross, Lancaster, PA (US);
Fang Qiao, Lancaster, PA (US);
Ronald S. Lenox, Lancaster, PA (US);
Dong Tian, Lancaster, PA (US);
Gary A. Sigel, Millersville, PA (US);
Rebecca L. Winey, Lancaster, PA (US);
Jeffrey S. Ross, Lancaster, PA (US);
Fang Qiao, Lancaster, PA (US);
Ronald S. Lenox, Lancaster, PA (US);
Dong Tian, Lancaster, PA (US);
Gary A. Sigel, Millersville, PA (US);
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A flooring product comprises a heterogeneous design layer having multiple regions wherein two regions comprise compositions having different recycle content or renewable content. The thickness of the design layer may be greater than the dimensions of the regions or the regions may extending from the top surface of the layer to the bottom surface of the design layer. The heterogeneous layer may be composed of consolidated particles/chips which may contain a polyester binder system with a renewable component. Additionally, a method for making a heterogeneous layer having a target wt % recycle content or renewable content is also disclosed.