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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D657959 | Floor tile | 04/24/2012 |
| D653459 | Floor tile | 02/07/2012 |
| D646491 | Flooring sheet | 10/11/2011 |
| 6803099 | Self-adhering surface covering and method of making A self-adhering surface covering is disclosed having a substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is disposed on the substrate and has an adhesive surface distal from the substrate, and a barrier layer disposed on the adhesive layer. In one aspect, the sur... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6755938 | Fibrous sheet binders A method and composition are disclosed for providing a two-part polymer binder additive for a fibrous sheet for improving both its strength and durability. The two-part polymer binder may be added to augment organic binders to increase board strength and durability ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6746764 | Self-adhering surface covering and method of making A self-adhering surface covering is disclosed having a substrate, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer which is disposed on the substrate and has an adhesive surface distal from the substrate, and a barrier layer disposed on the adhesive layer. In one aspect, the sur... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6729097 | Hollow building panel having an angled support member and method of making same A hollow building panel is provided having a first member, a second member spaced apart from the first member, and at least one support member disposed between and interconnecting the first and second member. At least one groove is formed in the first member exposed... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6716312 | Fibrous sheet binders A method and composition are disclosed for providing a two-part polymer binder additive for a fibrous sheet for improving both its strength and durability. The two-part polymer binder may be added to augment organic binders to increase board strength and durability ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6715246 | Ceiling tile transmitter and receiver system A ceiling tile transmitter and receiver system having at least one transmitter/receiver device located in a ceiling panel either during or after the ceiling panel fabrication process. In one embodiment one or more pockets of variable size and shape are created on a ... | 04/06/2004 |
| D487938 | Ceiling tile | 03/30/2004 |
| 6699554 | Preseamed sheet flooring product 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 t... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6693512 | Device location and identification system A method and system for identifying panels that embed active and passive components of an electronic device, or that hide certain key components of a building's infrastructure in the plenum of the ceiling. In one aspect, a panel is provided with a phospho... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6676799 | Method for making metallized decorative laminate Disclosed is both a product and method relating to a decorative metallized laminate. The laminate comprises a substrate and at least two laminated films, wherein one of the films is a metallized film. The method comprises a dual film continuous dual lamin... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6673177 | Method of installing a floor covering underlayment composite over a subfloor A preglued underlayment assembly comprises a substantially rigid underlayment having an upper and a lower surface, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer disposed on the upper surface, and a release layer disposed on the adhesive layer. Another pressure sens... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6582550 | Preseamed sheet flooring method 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 indist... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6444075 | Hot melt calendered or extruded wear layer for embossed substrates and method of manufacture The invention relates to a textured surface covering having a hot melt wear layer and methods of applying the hot melt wear layer to a textured or embossed surface without distortion of the visual image of the textured substrate. The wear layer substantia... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6333076 | Composition and method for manufacturing a surface covering product having a controlled gloss surface coated wearlayer The invention is a method for manufacturing a surface covering product having a gloss controlled surface wearlayer coating and a curable composition used in that method. The preferred curable composition is a polymerizable coating which includes a di-isoc... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6329908 | Addressable speaker system An addressable speaker system in which a plurality of selectively activated speakers are distributed throughout a predefined area and are connected to a central processing unit. The system contains multiple RF antennas that are capable of broadcasting and... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6326073 | Preseamed sheet flooring product 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 indist... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6316535 | Coating system and method of applying the same An aqueous, two component system for coating a substrate includes either a filler incorporated in both components prior to combining the components or an elevated amount of a filler, such as 50% by dry volume, in either component. The filler is preferably... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6284351 | Plain surface acoustical product and coating therefor This invention describes two products both with a plain, fine textured, nonperforated surface visual consisting of a fiberboard substrate with or without a laminated porous nonwoven scrim and then a finished painted surface. The finish painted surface dec... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6276421 | Release sheet application apparatus An apparatus for applying sheets to substrates including a rotating blade roller with a blade on its surface; a vacuum roller rotating with the blade roller, oriented parallel to the blade roller, and with a surface adjacent to the blade roller surface; a... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6265335 | Mineral wool composition with enhanced biosolubility and thermostabilty A mineral fiber composition having enhanced biosolubility characteristics, comprising by percentage weight: Al2 O3 16 to 25 CaO >29 SiO2 30 to 40 M... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6230463 | Ceiling panel A ceiling panel that conceals the grid in a suspended ceiling, having opposed active first and second edges with profiles different from one another, and opposed passive edges. An access kerf, and a registration kerf, at different levels in the active edg... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6197368 | Particulate coating apparatus and method The disclosure is for an apparatus and a method of adhering particulate matter to limited areas of adhesive on a moving web and enabling the use of a very limited amount of particulate matter so that material costs are minimized. The path of a moving web ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6187840 | Chemically embossed metallocene polyethylene foam A textured metallocene polyethylene foam sheet suitable for use in a floor covering is made using a highly co-activated azodicarbonamide package which blows the metallocene polyethylene effectively. The preferred co-activators are zinc oxide and urea. The... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6179451 | Integrated indirect light and ceiling system An indirect fluorescent lighting fixture arrangement for a suspended grid ceiling that includes elements that combine with the ceiling grid to form a fixture. A panel frame element engages the grid from below and simultaneously acts as part of the ceiling... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6177180 | Composite construction board with load bearing properties A composite board that can be fastened by fastening means which goes through the board from one face to the op site face, said composite board providing a retraction resistance of at least 15 pounds. The board comprises a polymer sheet having two opposed ... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6156223 | Xerogels and their preparation Thermally insulative xerogels and their preparation are described. To obtain these xerogels, an inorganic gel having hydroxyl moieties is reacted with a silicon-nitrogen compound which has a C1-6 hydrocarbon moiety on the silicon. Shrinkage of ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6140379 | Chemically embossed metallocene polyethylene foam A textured metallocene polyethylene foam sheet suitable for use in a floor covering is made using a highly co-activated azodicarbonamide package which blows the metallocene polyethylene effectively. The preferred co-activators are zinc oxide and urea. The... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6108994 | Ceiling panel A ceiling panel that conceals the grid in a suspended ceiling, having opposed active first and second edges with profiles different from one another, and opposed passive edges. An access kerf, and a registration kerf, at different levels in the active edg... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6110439 | Dry silica gel and process of preparation A wet silica gel can be prepared by a process comprising the steps of contacting a stable, aqueous, fluid, silica system having a pH greater than 7.5 with an ion exchange resin which removes metal ions and replaces them with H+ ions and thereby reduces th... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6101777 | Suspension ceiling system A suspended ceiling system has a plurality of ceiling panels and a plurality of clips holding the ceiling panels to the ceiling runners. Each ceiling panel has two opposed surfaces and four sides with at least two sides having an extended edge each of whi... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6103360 | High light reflectance and durable ceiling board coating A ceiling board coating composition includes water, a binder and a filler, said filler having large particles with an average particle size of a minimum of about 50 microns, medium particles with an average particle size in the range of from about 1.2 to ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6083660 | Photopolymerizable, coatable organosol and method Photopolymerizable plastisol and organosol photoresist and solder mask coating compositions are described herein. These compositions include an ethylenically unsaturated photopolymerizable liquid plasticizer; a particulate, thermoplastic resin is disperse... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6083595 | Wide width flooring sheet The disclosure is for a wide width decorative flooring product and a method of producing such a product with properly aligned patterns by cutting multiple sections of standard width product and bonding them together at their previous side edges, so the le... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6077593 | Durable edge ceiling board This invention provides a ceiling board having a durable edge portion. The durable edge portion is obtained by applying a latex composition to the edge portion. The latex composition includes a binder and filler particles of two particle size ranges. The ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6060214 | Photopolymerizable, coatable plastisol Photopolymerizable plastisol and organosol photoresist and solder mask coating compositions are described herein. These compositions include an ethylenically unsaturated photopolymerizable liquid plasticizer; a particulate, thermoplastic resin is disperse... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6018919 | Smooth wall finishing system The invention is a wall finishing system which is a sheet material designed to cover an entire wall, requiring minimal seams. The wall material has the characteristic of shrinking after application causing surface irregularities to pull out to a smooth pl... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5981035 | Hot-melt seamed floor covering system and method of installing the same A method is disclosed for sealing and bonding the seams and edges of resilient and other types of floors, whereby specially formulated hot-melt sealants/adhesives are applied in molten form at the flooring installation site using a heated gun equipped wit... | 11/09/1999 |
