Patent ID: 8551604

Claim:
A flooring product comprising a heterogeneous layer having at least a first region and a second region comprising consolidated chips or particles, the consolidated chips or particles comprising a polymer binder and a filler, the filler including renewable content portion or recycle content portion that imparts a color to the consolidated chips or particles, wherein a resulting first concentration of the renewable content or the recycle content of the consolidated chips or particles of the first region is different from a resulting second concentration of the renewable content or the recycle content of the consolidated chips or particles of the second region such that the color of the consolidated chips or particles of the first region is different from the second region, and wherein the heterogeneous layer includes at least a first percentage by weight of the first region and a second percentage by weight of the second region, resulting in at least a first region renewable content or recycle content concentration and a second region renewable content or recycle content concentration such that the summation of at least the first region renewable content or recycle content concentration and the second region renewable content or recycle content concentration results in a total renewable content or recycle content of approximately 15 percent or greater by weight and the first percentage differs from the second percentage; wherein at least one of the first region and the second region comprises a Biobased content of at least 5% by weight.