Patent ID: 7322159
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B32B,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of covering exposed adhesive portions of a floor plank having two layers of plastic sheet material laminated together in offset relationship such that a first layer has a first marginal portion that is offset from the second layer, and the second layer has a second marginal portion that is offset from the first layer, comprising, covering a first exposed adhesive coated marginal surface of a floor plank that faces a first direction and is at a first perimeter portion of the floor plank, with one continuous strip of flexible releasable material, and covering a second exposed adhesive coated marginal surface of the floor plank that faces a second direction opposite the first direction and is at a second perimeter portion of the floor plank that does not overlap the first perimeter portion of the floor plank, with the one continuous strip of flexible releasable material, whereby both of the oppositely facing first and second adhesive coated marginal surfaces at the first and second non-overlapping perimeter portions of the floor plank are covered with the one continuous strip of flexible releasable material.