ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,525, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GERFLOR (Villeurbanne, France).
"Rigid panel for making a floor covering" was invented by Christian Esbelin (Bollene, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a multilayer panel for producing a floor covering, comprising a wear layer bonded to a back layer, said back layer being made up of at least a thermoplastic material, a plasticizer and fillers, the wear layer comprising a surface layer made up at least of PVC, said surface layer having a Shore D hardness greater than or equal to 60 and a Young's modulus greater than or equal to 1000 MPa."
The patent was filed on Sept...