Appeal 2007-4310
Application 10/950,830
resin and that contacts the substrate and resists slipping along the substrate.
(830 Application at 3, ¶ 14.)
4. The "second major surface" 18 is characterized as a decorative surface
that is partially covered by the foam resin, "leaving at least portions of the
scrim material exposed or covered with a sufficiently thin layer of foam that
the texture of the scrim material is clearly visible." (830 Application at 3,
¶ 14; emphasis added.)
5. In some embodiments, Price teaches that "[p]ortions 24 of the warp
and weft strands 26, 28 on the decorative side 18 are free of the foam. For
example, at least 10% and in one embodiment, at least 20% of the length of
the warp and weft threads are exposed, at least to the naked eye."
(830 Application at 4, ¶ 17.)
6. In other embodiments, Price teaches that a decorative surface to the
composite sheet material is "due to the outline of the weave which . . . shows
through the surface of the foamed resin." (830 Application at 4, ¶ 21.)
7. Price also describes embodiments in which:
[t]he weave of the scrim is preferably spaced apart so that when
the scrim is impregnated with the foamable resin composition,
the composition penetrates into the weave and only partially
fills the spaces between the warp and the weft strands.
(830 Application at 3, ¶ 17.)
8. According to Price, in these embodiments, "[w]hen the impregnated
composition is foamed, open pores 22 extend from one surface of the sheet
material to the opposite surface." (830 Application at 3-4, ¶ 17.)
7
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next
Last modified: September 9, 2013