Randal H Friedlander

US Patent:

46954937, Sep 22, 1987

Filed:

Dec 15, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/941752

Inventors:

Randal H. Friedlander - Columbus OH
Sheryl A. Nash - Columbus OH
Greg A. Komitor - Columbus OH

Assignee:

Century Adhesives Corp. - Columbus OH

International Classification:

B32B 3300

US Classification:

428 40

Abstract:

Peel-and-stick carpet assemblies capable of being formed and reformed mechanically or by hand without requiring application of heat thereto in a stable three-dimensional contoured shape that does not exhibit any appreciable shrinkage or stretching and will remain substantially unchanged in any of its three dimensions throughout storage prior to application to a substrate to be covered thereby and during normal life of use thereof after such application are formed of a carpet layer, a shape-retention web, a special adhesive layer sandwiched between the carpet layer and the web front surface adhering the web to the carpet layer, a unique pressure-sensitive adhesive layer covering the rear surface of the web, and a release sheet releasably adhered to the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer. In preferred carpet assemblies, the shape-retention web is aluminum metal foil of thickness about 1 to 10 mil.