Patent ID: 6503424
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K,B29L,D06N,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a multicolored, patterned floor covering, comprising the steps of:dying a first granular material made of caoutchouc to a first, uniform color; forming the first granular material into sheeting and introducing into the sheeting a second granular material made of caoutchouc comprising particles that contain at least two sub-regions that are dyed to colors that are different from each other and from the first color of the sheeting; wherein the colors of the sheeting material and the colors employed in the embedded particles are such that for the amount of embedded particles used in the sheeting, an aggregate mixture of the sheeting and embedded particles has an over-all color that approximately equals the first color of the sheeting material.