Jennifer W Sager

US Patent:

6582550, Jun 24, 2003

Filed:

Oct 12, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/689047

Inventors:

Jennifer W. Sager - Salunga PA
Ronald S. Lenox - Lancaster PA
George L. Lilley - Manheim PA
Robert K. Keener - Lititz PA

Assignee:

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. - Lancaster PA

International Classification:

B29C 6500

US Classification:

1563043, 1563045, 1563046, 428 44

Abstract:

A preseamed sheet flooring product having first and second sheet products positioned closely adjacent each other edge-to-edge to form a seam therebetween. An adhesive is positioned in the seam and has visual characteristics suitable for creating an indistinct appearance of the seam in the sheet flooring product. The seam also has wear characteristics sufficiently similar to wear characteristics of the sheet flooring product to maintain the visually indistinct appearance of the adhesive on the surface of the seam as wear occurs to the end product sheet material.

US Patent:

6699554, Mar 2, 2004

Filed:

Aug 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/940735

Inventors:

Jennifer W. Sager - Salunga PA
Ronald S. Lenox - Lancaster PA
George L. Lilley - Manheim PA
Robert K. Keener - Lititz PA

Assignee:

Armstrong World Industries, inc. - Lancaster PA

International Classification:

B32B 314

US Classification:

428 58, 428 47, 428 48, 428 49, 428 57, 4289088

Abstract:

A preseamed, resilient sheet flooring including first and second composite sheet products positioned closely adjacent each other edge-to-edge to form a seam therebetween. An adhesive is positioned in the seam. The adhesive extends completely through the thickness of the sheet flooring, bonds with the first and second sheet products through the entire thickness thereof, and has visual characteristics suitable for creating an indistinct appearance of the seam in the sheet flooring product. The adhesive also has wear characteristics sufficiently similar to wear characteristics of the sheet flooring to maintain the visually indistinct appearance of the adhesive on the surface of the seam as wear occurs to the sheet flooring, thereby creating a finished seam sufficiently strong and flexible to permit the adhesive to be positioned in the seam prior to unrolling the flooring onto a subfloor surface.

US Patent:

6908585, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

Mar 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/395297

Inventors:

Gary A. Sigel - Millersville PA, US
Jennifer W. Sager - Salunga PA, US
William J. Kauffman - Manheim PA, US

Assignee:

AWI Licensing Company - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B29C035/08
B29C059/00

US Classification:

264447, 264485, 264494, 264509, 264 73, 264 74

Abstract:

A method and composition for providing a colored high performance wear surface for floor coverings is disclosed. Specifically, the floor covering includes a substrate and a high performance layer comprising a radiation cured pigmented composition. The exposed surface of the floor covering has a stain resistance of less than about 150 Delta E units. A pigmented high performance wear layer can be added in register with a printed design on the substrate or in register with an embossed texture of the substrate. Additionally, a high performance topcoat wear layer may be added. The pigmented high performance layer may include a nacreous pigment.

US Patent:

6908663, Jun 21, 2005

Filed:

Nov 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/712872

Inventors:

Gary A. Sigel - Millersville PA, US
Jennifer W. Sager - Salunga PA, US
William J. Kauffman - Manheim PA, US

Assignee:

AWI Licensing Company - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B32B001/00
B32B003/00
B44C001/22
A47G035/00

US Classification:

4281951, 428161, 428187, 428207, 4285422, 4289088, 4289133, 216 52

Abstract:

A method and composition for providing a colored high performance wear surface for floor coverings is disclosed. Specifically, the floor covering includes a substrate and a high performance layer comprising a radiation cured pigmented composition. The exposed surface of the floor covering has a stain resistance of less than about 150 Delta E units. A pigmented high performance wear layer can be added in register with a printed design on the substrate or in register with an embossed texture of the substrate. Additionally, a high performance topcoat wear layer may be added. The pigmented high performance layer may include a nacreous pigment.

US Patent:

20030021938, Jan 30, 2003

Filed:

Jul 27, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/917360

Inventors:

David Kraft - Lancaster PA, US
Jennifer Sager - Salunga PA, US

International Classification:

B32B003/00

US Classification:

428/058000, 428/061000, 156/158000, 156/304100

Abstract:

Methods for creating relatively wide surface coverings and surface covering components by seaming together relatively narrow surface coverings and surface covering components are disclosed. The surface coverings are seamed together with a barely visible or invisible seam by lining up two sheets together and taping them together on one surface at the seam. In one embodiment, the taped surface is the top surface of a surface covering, i.e., the surface that includes the design. The sheets can include thermoplastic polymers. The taped surface is placed downward, and a gluing surface is exposed. The gluing surface is the surface on the two surface coverings to be joined that are in contact with each other. The gluing surface can either be exposed by raising the taped region or by lowering one or both sides adjacent the taped region. A suitable adhesive is applied to the gluing surface, and the raised region is lowered or the lowered sides are raised to the original height. Excess adhesive is optionally but advantageously removed, for example, by wiping or skiving the excess off of the non-taped surface, and the adhesive is allowed to set. The method is advantageously used to join together two pieces of thermoplastic sheeting, particularly flooring. If the two pieces are aligned so that they have a pattern similar to the printed pattern of the sheeting, the resulting surface covering appears virtually seamless.

US Patent:

20030041543, Mar 6, 2003

Filed:

Oct 2, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/263082

Inventors:

David Kraft - Lancaster PA, US
Jennifer Sager - Salunga PA, US

Assignee:

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

International Classification:

E04B002/00
E04F013/00
E04G021/00

US Classification:

052/403100, 052/746100, 156/071000

Abstract:

Methods for creating relatively wide surface coverings and surface covering components by seaming together relatively narrow surface coverings and surface covering components are disclosed. The surface coverings are seamed together with a barely visible or invisible seam by lining up two sheets together and taping them together on one surface at the seam. In one embodiment, the taped surface is the top surface of a surface covering, i.e., the surface that includes the design. The sheets can include thermoplastic polymers. The taped surface is placed downward, and a gluing surface is exposed. The gluing surface is the surface on the two surface coverings to be joined that are in contact with each other. The gluing surface can either be exposed by raising the taped region or by lowering one or both sides adjacent the taped region. A suitable adhesive is applied to the gluing surface, and the raised region is lowered or the lowered sides are raised to the original height. Excess adhesive is optionally but advantageously removed, for example, by wiping or skiving the excess off of the non-taped surface, and the adhesive is allowed to set. The method is advantageously used to join together two pieces of thermoplastic sheeting, particularly flooring. If the two pieces are aligned so that they have a pattern similar to the printed pattern of the sheeting, the resulting surface covering appears virtually seamless.

US Patent:

20050069681, Mar 31, 2005

Filed:

Nov 4, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/981004

Inventors:

Ralph Wright - Lancaster PA, US
Gary Sigel - Millersville PA, US
Jennifer Sager - Salunga PA, US
William Kauffman - Manheim PA, US

International Classification:

B32B003/00

US Classification:

428172000, 428203000

Abstract:

A method and composition for providing a colored high performance wear surface for floor coverings is disclosed. Specifically, the floor covering includes a substrate and a high performance layer comprising a radiation cured pigmented composition. The exposed surface of the floor covering has a stain resistance of less than about 150 Delta E units. A pigmented high performance wear layer can be added in register with a printed design on the substrate or in register with an embossed texture of the substrate. Additionally, a high performance topcoat wear layer may be added. The pigmented high performance layer may include a nacreous pigment.

US Patent:

63260735, Dec 4, 2001

Filed:

Apr 23, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/298287

Inventors:

Jennifer W. Sager - Salunga PA
Ronald S. Lenox - Lancaster PA
George L. Lilley - Manheim PA
Robert K. Keener - Lititz PA

Assignee:

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. - Lancaster PA

International Classification:

B32B 314

US Classification:

428 58

Abstract:

A preseamed sheet flooring product having first and second sheet products positioned closely adjacent each other edge-to-edge to form a seam therebetween. An adhesive is positioned in the seam and has visual characteristics suitable for creating an indistinct appearance of the seam in the sheet flooring product. The seam also has wear characteristics sufficiently similar to wear characteristics of the sheet flooring product to maintain the visually indistinct appearance of the adhesive on the surface of the seam as wear occurs to the end product sheet material.