Patent ID: 6221462
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,D06N,Y10T

Abstract:
A multicolored, patterned floor covering comprising:sheeting formed of a cross-linkable elastomeric material having a first color, said sheeting being 1 mm to 4 mm in thickness; andembedded particles formed of a cross-linkable elastomeric material that are contained within the sheeting, said particles each having at least a first and second subregions, each of which subregion has a color that contrasts both with the first color of the sheeting material and the other subregion;wherein the colors of the sheeting material and the colors and quantity of the embedded particles employed in the in the sheeting are such that an aggregate mixture of the sheeting and embedded particles has an over-all color that approximately equals the first color of the sheeting material.