Claims
- 1. A surface covering which comprises:a) a surface covering base having a thermoplastic wearlayer, and b) a cured polyurethane layer overlaying the wearlayer and mechanically embossed with a surface texture wherein the surface texture is mechanically embossed simultaneously in the polyurethane layer and the wearlayer when the wearlayer and the polyurethane layer are in a softened state and the polyurethane layer is in a dry uncured state.
- 2. The surface covering of claim 1wherein the surface covering base is selected from the group consisting of resilient sheet flooring, tile and wall covering.
- 3. The surface covering of claim 1wherein the surface covering base is selected from the group consisting of resilient sheet vinyl flooring, laminate flooring, linoleum, vinyl composition tile, solid vinyl tile and luxury vinyl tile.
- 4. A surface covering which comprises:a) a substrate, b) a plastic top layer overlaying the substrate, and c) a cured polyurethane layer overlaying the plastic top layer and mechanically embossed with a surface texture wherein the surface texture is mechanically embossed simultaneously in the polyurethane layer and the plastic top layer when the plastic top layer and the polyurethane layer are in a softened state and the polyurethane layer is in a dry uncured state.
- 5. The surface covering of claim 4 further comprising one or more layers of printed ink between the substrate and the plastic top layer, between the plastic top layer and the polyurethane layer or between the substrate and the plastic top layer and between the plastic top layer and the polyurethane layer.
- 6. The surface covering of claim 4 further comprising a foamed plastic layer between the substrate and the plastic top layer.
- 7. The surface covering of claim 6, further comprising one or more layers of printed ink between the foamed plastic, layer and the plastic top layer.
- 8. A surface covering which comprises:a) a sheet substrate, b) a foamed and chemically embossed plastic layer overlaying the sheet substrate, c) a plastic top layer overlaying the foamed plastic layer, d) a cured polyurethane layer overlaying the plastic top layer and mechanically embossed with a surface texture wherein the surface texture is mechanically embossed simultaneously in the polyurethane layer and the plastic too layer when the plastic top layer and the polyurethane layer are in a softened state and the polyurethane layer is in a dry uncured state.
- 9. The surface covering of claim 8 further comprising one or more layers of printed ink between the plastic layer and the plastic top layer.
- 10. The surface covering of claim 9 wherein the ink is printed in a pattern or a design.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a divisional application of Ser. No. 10/007,934 filed on Dec. 7, 2001, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (1)
Number |
Name |
Date |
Kind |
4100318 |
McCann et al. |
Jul 1978 |
A |