Printed materials for covering floors, walls and the like

Claim 1

A FLOOR AND WALL COVERING MATERAL COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE SUPPORT, A SMOOTH SEALING COATING ON SAID SUPPORT COMPRISING A FILLER MATERIAL AND A BINDER SUBSTANCE IN AN AQUEOUS MEDIUM, SAID BINDER SUBSTANCE BEING CHOSEN FROM A CLASS CONSISTING OF OLEO AND OLEO-RESINOUS EMULSIONS AND SYNTHETIC POLYMER LATICES, A PRINTED DESIGN IMPRESSION ON SAID SEALING COATING FORMED OF INK COMPRISING A VEHICLE AND A SOLUBLE DYE, AND A RELATIVELY THICKER OPAQUE LAYER OF WEAR COATIG MATERIAL IMPOSED UPON SAID DESIGN LAYER, SAID WEAR COATING COMPRISING A FILLER MATERIAL AND A BINDER SUBSTANCE CHOSEN FROM A CLASS CONSISTING OF OLEO AND OLEO-RESINOUS SUBSTANCES AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER POLYMERS, THE SAID WEAR COATING BEING STAINED BY THE DYE FROM SAID INK SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT ITS THICKNESS AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY TO THE TOP SURFACE THEREOF, WHEREBY TO PROVIDE AT SAID TOP SURFACE A DESIGN APPEARANCE WHICH WILL REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AS SAID WEAR COATING WEARS AWAY.