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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2010
Richard H. Balmer, Manheim, PA (US);
Shih Chung Lee, Taipei, TW;
Dung V. Dao, Lititz, PA (US);
John R. Eshbach, Jr., Marietta, PA (US);
Heath E. Harrington, Columbia, PA (US);
Michael E. Buckwalter, New Providence, PA (US);
Kean M. Anspach, Quarryville, PA (US);
Richard H. Balmer, Manheim, PA (US);
Shih Chung Lee, Taipei, TW;
Dung V. Dao, Lititz, PA (US);
John R. Eshbach, Jr., Marietta, PA (US);
Heath E. Harrington, Columbia, PA (US);
Michael E. Buckwalter, New Providence, PA (US);
Kean M. Anspach, Quarryville, PA (US);
AWI Licensing Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method of making a floor panel includes the steps of: providing an adhesive on a release member; laminating or marrying the release member to a bottom layer such that the adhesive is between the release member and the bottom layer; removing a portion of the release member to expose an area of the adhesive; and adhering a top layer to the area such that the top layer is offset with respect to the bottom layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of a top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed.