Patent · US Expired

Web-type floor covering and method for its manufacture

US6709732B1 · kind B1 · utility

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10References

17Claims

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Assignee

Firma Carl Freudenberg · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Graab · Mannheim, DE
Klaus Heckel · Weinheim, DE
Dieter Rischer · Weinheim, DE
Gerhard Heidecke · Bensheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2000
Grant date	Mar 23, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 4, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/3183
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A web-type floor covering made of vulcanized rubber that includes an elastic rubber web, the top side of which forms a decorative surface, first decorative particles being at least partially embedded in the rubber web so that the first decorative particles are visible from the top side, a transparent coating, in particular made of epoxy resin, being applied to the first decorative particles on at least part of their contact surface with the rubber web, the first decorative particles being preferably made of a different material from that used for the rubber web.

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