David Wayn Reece

US Patent:

47029501, Oct 27, 1987

Filed:

Feb 6, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/011624

Inventors:

David K. Slosberg - Atlanta GA
David S. Reece - Rome GA
Johannes A. H. Claessen - Leusden, NL

Assignee:

Heuga Holding bv - Scherpenzeel

International Classification:

B32B 302
B32B 3300

US Classification:

428 95

Abstract:

A carpet tile and method of production wherein the carpet tile comprises a carpet tile having a fibrous face, such as a tufted face, and a fibrous back surface secured to a primary backing and comprising three separate hot melt coating composition layers and a secondary backing on the back surface of the carpet tile. The carpet tile is produced by coating a thick backing layer of a rubber-modified bitumen coating composition onto a secondary backing sheet material and separately coating a first precoat layer comprising a hot melt petroleum resin or bitumen and a second layer comprising a hot melt bitumen composition containing a flexible vinyl adhesive resin, like ethylene vinyl acetate, onto a fibrous back surface of a carpet material having a primary backing sheet containing a fibrous face wear surface and laminating the surface of the second layer to the surface of the backing layer to provide a carpet tile having dimensional stability, good lay flat characteristics and capable of production by an in-line production method.