US Patent Issued to Aladdin Manufacturing on June 10 for "Low weight modular carpet components and methods of making the same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,954, issued on June 10, was assigned to Aladdin Manufacturing Corp. (Calhoun, Ga.).

"Low weight modular carpet components and methods of making the same" was invented by Michael Christopher Gallman (Calhoun, Ga.) and Michael E. Bell (Calhoun, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-weight carpet tile and process for making the same, wherein the carpet tile comprises a facecloth having a plurality of face yarns tufted through a primary backing, an extruded polymer secondary backing layer, and a reinforcing scrim layer partially embedded within the extruded polymer secondary backing layer. The top surface and bottom surface of the car...