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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Mp Global Products, L.l.c., Norfolk, NE (US);
Inventors:
Alan B. Collison, Pierce, NE (US);
Chad A. Collison, Pierce, NE (US);
Assignee:
MP Global Products, L.L.C., Norfolk, NE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04C 2/00 (2006.01); E04F 15/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/08 (2006.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01); E04B 5/00 (2006.01); E04C 2/20 (2006.01); E04F 15/20 (2006.01); E04B 1/62 (2006.01); E04B 1/90 (2006.01); E04C 2/296 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 21/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/24 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); E04F 15/22 (2006.01); D04H 1/45 (2006.01); D06N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04F 15/181 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/08 (2013.01); B32B 21/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 37/1207 (2013.01); B32B 37/24 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 38/1875 (2013.01); D04H 1/45 (2013.01); D04H 13/006 (2013.01); D06N 7/00 (2013.01); E04B 1/625 (2013.01); E04B 1/90 (2013.01); E04B 5/00 (2013.01); E04C 2/20 (2013.01); E04C 2/296 (2013.01); E04F 15/18 (2013.01); E04F 15/20 (2013.01); E04F 15/203 (2013.01); E04F 15/22 (2013.01); B32B 2037/1215 (2013.01); B32B 2262/02 (2013.01); B32B 2305/08 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7246 (2013.01); B32B 2398/20 (2013.01); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flooring material having a textile pad substructure with a density of greater than 10 pounds per cubic foot is provided. The textile pad has reinforcement and binding fibers. The binding fibers are thermoplastic and are used to bind the reinforcement fibers together. The pad is created by heating and compressing a fibrous textile batt so that it has a density of greater than 13 pounds per cubic foot.