Patent ID: 6908663

Claim:
A decorative floor covering comprising: a substrate, wherein the substrate has a textured surface selected from the group consisting of a mechanically embossed texture, chemically embossed texture, and a chemically and mechanically embossed texture, wherein the embossed texture has raised surfaces and indentations; and a radiation cured pigmented wear layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the wear layer comprises a polymeric resin binder and pigment, wherein the resin of the resin binder consists essentially of a thermoset resin selected from the group consisting of ultraviolet light curable resins, electron beam curable resins, and a combination thereof, wherein the pigmented wear layer is disposed mainly on the raised surfaces and there is substantially no pigmented wear layer in the indentations, the floor covering having an exposed surface with a stain resistance of less than about 150 Delta E units.