Appeal No. 1998-1002
Application No. 08/390,175
claims in the application.
THE INVENTION
The invention is directed to a rubber-based floor
covering of 1 to 4 mm in thickness and having crosslinkable
elastomeric material embedded in the top side of the base
sheeting. The crosslinkable elastomeric material comprises at
least two different granular particle regions having different
colors from each other and from the base sheeting. The
aggregate mixture of the sheeting and the embedded particles
have an overall color approximately equal to that of the
sheeting material.
THE CLAIMS
Claims 1 is illustrative of appellants’ invention and is
reproduced below.
1. A multicolored, patterned floor covering
comprising:
sheeting formed of a cross-linkable elastomeric
material having a first color, said sheeting being
1mm to 4mm in thickness; and
embedded particles formed of a cross-linkable
elastomeric material that are contained within the
sheeting, said particles each having at least a
first and second subregions, each of which subregion
2
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