Homogeneously branched ethylene polymer carpet backsizing compositions

US9376769B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Columbia Insurance Company · US

Inventors

• John O. Bieser · Houston, US
• Joseph A. Dibbern · Brazoria, US
• Charles F. Diehl · Durango, US
• James D. Goins · Lake Jackson, US
• David C. Kelley · Angleton, US
• Rexford A. Maugans · Lake Jackson, US
• Osborne K. McKinney · Lake Jackson, US
• Lichih R. Peng · Littleton, US
• Robert R. Turley · Lake Jackson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/23993
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed herein are carpets and carpet tiles comprising a primary backing material having a face and a back side; a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing material and extending from the face of the primary backing material and exposed at the back side of the primary backing material; and an adhesive composition. The adhesive composition generally comprises at least one homogenously branched ethylene polymer. Also disclosed are methods for manufacturing the disclosed carpets and carpet tiles.