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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2010
Kean M. Anspach, Quarryville, PA (US);
Thomas C. Bair, York, PA (US);
John R. Eshbach, Jr., Marietta, PA (US);
Kean M. Anspach, Quarryville, PA (US);
Thomas C. Bair, York, PA (US);
John R. Eshbach, Jr., Marietta, PA (US);
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A resilient floor tile includes a base layer, a film layer, a decorative film layer, and a topcoat. The resilient floor tile has a shaped edge formed on an upper surface thereof that extends about at least a portion of a perimeter of the resilient floor tile. In order to make the resilient floor tile, a continuous sheet of a base layer is conveyed into a press die. The press die is actuated from an open position to a closed position. The continuous sheet is cut with a blade of a cutting tool of the press die to form side surfaces of the resilient floor tile when the press die is in the closed position. A shaped edge is formed on at least a portion of a perimeter of an upper surface of the resilient floor tile with a forming tool of the press die when the press die is in the closed position.