Felt base floor covering and method of making the same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING A FLOOR OF WALL COVERING COMPRISING SEAL COATING A SHEET OF SATURATED FELT MATERIAL WITH A COMPOSITION CONTAINING A TACKIFIER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, ISOBUTYLENE-ISOPRENE COPOLYMERS, AND POLYCHLOROPRENE, AND A REINFORCING AGENT OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, COPOLYMERS OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYL ACETATE, COPOLYMERS OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE, STYRENE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, AND POLYSTYRENE, BLOCK PRINTING ONTO THE RESULTING SEAL COAT A PLURALITY OF COLOR AREAS OF A DECORATIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING A DISPERSION OF VINYL RESIN HAVING A VISCOSITY INDEX OF AT LEAST 1.67 WHEN NOT MORE THAN 5% VOLATILE MATERIAL IS PRESENT THEREIN, WHEREBY SAID COLOR AREAS WILL FLOW OUT ON SAID SEAL COAT TO PRODUCE A SHARPLY-DEFINED PATTERN, AND HEATING THE RESULTING COATED PRODUCT UNTIL THE VINYL RESIN CONTAINED IN THE COATING MATERIAL IS FUSED, SAID VISCOSITY INDEX BEING THE SLOPE OF THE CURVE WHICH IS OBTAINED WHEN THE DEFLECTIONS SHOWN ON A VARIABLE SPEED STANDARD MODEL BROOKFIELD SYNCHRO-ELECTRIC VISCOSIMETER ARE PLOTTED AS ABSCISSUE AGAINST THE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE TO DEFLECTIONS AS ORDINATES, THE DEFLECTIONS BEING MEASURED AT SPINDLE SPEEDS OF 2,4,10, AND 20 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE, WHILE THE DISPERSION IS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 25* C.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING A FLOOR OF WALL COVERING COMPRISING SEAL COATING A SHEET OF SATURATED FELT MATERIAL WITH A COMPOSITION CONTAINING A TACKIFIER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF STYRENE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, ISOBUTYLENE-ISOPRENE COPOLYMERS, AND POLYCHLOROPRENE, AND A REINFORCING AGENT OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, COPOLYMERS OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYL ACETATE, COPOLYMERS OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE AND POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE, STYRENE-BUTADIENE COPOLYMERS, AND POLYSTYRENE, BLOCK PRINTING ONTO THE RESULTING SEAL COAT A PLURALITY OF COLOR AREAS OF A DECORATIVE COMPOSITION CONTAINING A DISPERSION OF VINYL RESIN HAVING A VISCOSITY INDEX OF AT LEAST 1.67 WHEN NOT MORE THAN 5% VOLATILE MATERIAL IS PRESENT THEREIN, WHEREBY SAID COLOR AREAS WILL FLOW OUT ON SAID SEAL COAT TO PRODUCE A SHARPLY-DEFINED PATTERN, AND HEATING THE RESULTING COATED PRODUCT UNTIL THE VINYL RESIN CONTAINED IN THE COATING MATERIAL IS FUSED, SAID VISCOSITY INDEX BEING THE SLOPE OF THE CURVE WHICH IS OBTAINED WHEN THE DEFLECTIONS SHOWN ON A VARIABLE SPEED STANDARD MODEL BROOKFIELD SYNCHRO-ELECTRIC VISCOSIMETER ARE PLOTTED AS ABSCISSUE AGAINST THE REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE TO DEFLECTIONS AS ORDINATES, THE DEFLECTIONS BEING MEASURED AT SPINDLE SPEEDS OF 2,4,10, AND 20 REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE, WHILE THE DISPERSION IS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 25* C.