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Patent No.:

US 9169659 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2015

Underlayment including extruded sheet material with expanded microspheres and metalized pet film

Applicants:

Richard Ford, Braselton, GA (US);

Richard Allgood, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Ford, Braselton, GA (US);

Richard Allgood, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Assignee:

Pak-Lite, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorneys:

Bryan W. Bockhop

Bockhop & Associates, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Joshua J Michener

Assistant Examiner:

Keith Minter

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 1/00 (2006.01); E04C 2/20 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/20 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); E04B 1/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/20 (2013.01); E04B 1/8409 (2013.01); E04F 15/0215 (2013.01); E04F 15/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hybrid underlayment, includes a thermoplastic making up between 92.0% by volume to 95.5% by volume of the hybrid underlayment. A plurality of expanded microspheres is dispersed through the thermoplastic. The microspheres are expanded to a cross-sectional area in a range of between 180 square micrometers and 1450 square micrometers. The microspheres makeup between 1.0% by volume to 7.5% by volume of the hybrid underlayment. The hybrid underlayment is extruded into a flat sheet having a thickness of between 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm and a density from 7 pcf to 25 pcf. A metalized thermoplastic film is laminated to the top surface of the thermoplastic sheet.

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Ford, Richard. (2015). Underlayment including extruded sheet material with expanded microspheres and metalized pet film (U.S. Patent No. 9169659). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9169659

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