Patent ID: 7678414
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for making plastic floor mat constituted by at least one upper surface and having a grit coating on said at least one surface, where said grit is not loosened or degraded when said floor mat is rolled, said process comprising the steps of: (a) placing a first layer of a mixture of an epoxy adhesive and methyl ethyl ketone on said at least an upper surface and, (b) placing a layer of grit on at least said first layer; and, (c) wherein the methyl ethyl ketone in said first layer operates to soften said epoxy adhesive, and is added to said epoxy adhesive/hardener mixture in the range of between 0.1% and 7.5% by weight of said epoxy adhesive/hardener mixture.