Patent ID: 8097325

Claim:
A carpet having a substantially noncellular polyurethane carpet backing, wherein the polyurethane comprises from about 20-80 percent by weight of a filler and is the reaction product of a polyisocyanate component and a polyol component containing the filler and a mixture of isocyanate-reactive materials wherein one or more optionally alkoxylated fatty acid amide polyols constitute about 5-70% by weight of the isocyanate-reactive materials, wherein the filler is at least one of talc, mica, montmorillonite, marble, milled glass granite, milled glass, calcium carbonate, aluminum trihydrate, carbon, aramid, silica, silica-alumina, zirconia, talc, bentonite, antimony trioxide, kaolin, coal-based fly ash and boron nitride, and wherein the polyol component has a viscosity of about 11,500 cps or less at 20° C.