Patent ID: 7964053

Claim:
Method for producing a patterned linoleum sheeting, comprising the steps: (a) Applying a flat layer of a non-linoleum material, in the form of a solution, paste, suspension or dispersion, which is different from the raw materials used for the production of a linoleum mixture to at least portion of the surface of a green linoleum and/or introducing a non-linoleum material, in the form of a solution, paste, suspension or dispersion, which is different from the raw materials used for the production of a linoleum mixture into predetermined recesses in the green linoleum, (b) Cutting the resulting green linoleum into pieces of a predetermined length, (c) Layering the cut green linoleum pieces to form a tiled stack of sheets and (d) Calendering the tiled stack of sheets to form patterned linoleum sheeting, wherein the non-linoleum material is a metallic material and/or a pigment that differs from the pigment(s) optionally used for coloring the linoleum mixture.