公开(公告)号：US20180328045A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-15

申请号：US15979934

申请日：2018-05-15

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： Dimitri ZAFIROGLU ,  Stephen TSIARKEZOS ,  John Joseph Matthews REES

IPC: E04F15/02 ,  E04F15/10 ,  A47G27/02 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B38/06

CPC classification number: E04F15/02161 ,  A47G27/02 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B32B38/06 ,  B32B2471/00 ,  E04F15/107 ,  E04F2203/08

Abstract: A planar floor covering is formed having a top face and a bottom face opposite the top face, a length, a width perpendicular to the length, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, a height between the top surface and the bottom surface, and physical properties or characteristics that vary across at least one of the length, the width and the height. The physical properties or characteristics include material composition, weight, density, directionality, stiffness, compressibility, elasticity and thickness.

公开(公告)号：US20210009784A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-14

申请号：US16925941

申请日：2020-07-10

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： Dimitri ZAFIROGLU ,  Stephen TSIARKEZOS ,  John Joseph Matthews REES ,  Anthony DANIELL ,  Russ DELOZIER

IPC: C08J11/24 ,  C08J11/16 ,  B32B38/10 ,  B32B43/00 ,  B29B17/02

Abstract: An added layer attached to a textile sheet using polymeric adhesive placed over a textile sheet or between the textile sheet and an added layer is removed by applying heat or a solvent and at least one of an abrasive action, squeezing, or shaving action to remove the adhesive layer or both the added layer and the adhesive sublayer and to prepare the textile sheet for recycling into a new textile structure, preferably into a textile sheet performing the same function as the original textile sheet.

公开(公告)号：US20200232159A1

公开(公告)日：2020-07-23

申请号：US16744863

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews REES ,  Stephen TSIARKEZOS ,  Dimitri ZAFIROGLU

IPC: D06P1/00 ,  D06P5/22 ,  D06P7/00 ,  D06P1/44 ,  D05C17/02

Abstract: An adhesive layer carrying a uniform color or a color-scheme is placed within or under a colored or color-printed conformable fabric that is simultaneously or subsequently molded into a three-dimensional shape or embossed with a three-dimensional pattern. The thermoplastic adhesive layer proceeds towards the fabric surface and matches or masks the color gaps opened on the surface by molding or embossing. The fabric can also be laminated to a backing during the molding or embossing process.

公开(公告)号：US20200080258A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US16569123

申请日：2019-09-12

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews REES ,  Douglas P. SCHNELLER ,  Dimitri ZAFIROGLU

IPC: D06N7/00

Abstract: Reinforcing fibers insensitive to thermal and hydroscopic expansion or contraction are inserted into the backside of a textile fabric using embossing with a fine and deep pattern of projections or cupped needles and held in place with adhesive. The process allows the stabilization of layers having a high sensitivity to variations in temperature or humidity in constructions when the stabilizing fibers cannot be included in the original fabric-forming process, as in the case of a tufted fabric using fiberglass fibers for stabilization.

公开(公告)号：US20190218698A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-18

申请号：US16363367

申请日：2019-03-25

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： Stephen TSIARKEZOS ,  Dimitri ZAFIROGLU ,  John Joseph Matthews REES

IPC: D06C23/04 ,  D04B1/22 ,  D04B21/20 ,  D04B1/12 ,  D04B21/08 ,  D04B1/04 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B5/26 ,  B32B5/06 ,  D05C17/02 ,  D03D27/00 ,  D04B21/02

Abstract: A fabric made of yarns interlooping with each other or passing through an inner layer at looping intervals. The fabric is embossed with a micro-pattern extending into the yarns or into a layer underneath the fabric. The micro-pattern contains a pre-defined pattern of a plurality of binding points attaching the yarns to the inner layer or to the added underlayer. This micro-pattern has an inter-point spacing between adjacent binding points that is less than the interlooping intervals. The fabric can also be embossed with a macro-pattern separate from and coarser than the micro-pattern. The macro-pattern establishes a desired aesthetic in the fabric, and the micro-pattern does not interfere with the desired aesthetic.

公开(公告)号：US20190211499A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16292834

申请日：2019-03-05

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews REES ,  Stephen Horace TSIARKEZOS ,  Dimitri ZAFIROGLU ,  Anthony DANIELL

IPC: D06M15/71 ,  D06M15/705 ,  D06N3/00 ,  D06N3/12 ,  D06M15/507 ,  D06M15/227 ,  D06N3/04 ,  D06N3/14 ,  D06M15/564 ,  D06M15/333 ,  D06M15/59 ,  D06M15/263 ,  D04H18/02 ,  D06M15/715 ,  D06B3/10

CPC classification number: D06M15/71 ,  D04H18/02 ,  D06B3/10 ,  D06M15/227 ,  D06M15/263 ,  D06M15/333 ,  D06M15/507 ,  D06M15/564 ,  D06M15/59 ,  D06M15/705 ,  D06M15/715 ,  D06M2400/01 ,  D06N3/0077 ,  D06N3/0079 ,  D06N3/0088 ,  D06N3/04 ,  D06N3/042 ,  D06N3/045 ,  D06N3/123 ,  D06N3/125 ,  D06N3/14 ,  D06N2203/045 ,  D06N2205/02 ,  D06N2205/18 ,  D06N2209/123 ,  D06N2209/128

Abstract: A textile fabric having improved properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a polymeric solution or a plurality of low-melting particles suspended in a liquid into the textile fabric while leaving a plurality of surface fibers exposed and maintaining a textile feel on the surface.

公开(公告)号：US20180014678A1

公开(公告)日：2018-01-18

申请号：US15647935

申请日：2017-07-12

Applicant: Engineered Floors LLC

Inventor： Dimitri ZAFIROGLU ,  Stephen TSIARKEZOS ,  John Joseph Matthews REES

IPC: A47G27/02 ,  B32B3/16 ,  A47G27/04 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B17/10

CPC classification number: A47G27/0206 ,  A47G27/0468 ,  B32B3/16 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B17/10412 ,  D04H1/00 ,  D04H1/48 ,  D04H1/485 ,  D04H1/558 ,  D04H11/08

Abstract: Stabilizing a textile sheet structure was achieved by forming a plurality of discrete fiber tufts extending from a first face of a fibrous layer of the textile sheet structure, through the fibrous layer and beyond a second face opposite the first face. Each discrete fiber tuft included a plurality discrete fibers. Each discrete fiber tuft was anchored to the first face and the second face of the fibrous layer by joining together the plurality of each discrete fiber tuft at the first face and the second face and bonding the joined plurality of discrete fiber tuft to the first face and the second face.