	US 11,834,557 B2
	Modifiers for luxury vinyl tile to increase hardness and rigidity
Emily McBride, Kalama, WA (US); Karena Kaye Linkenhoger, Dallas, TX (US); Bradley Les Farrell, Vancouver, WA (US); Kyle Jeffrey Posselt, Woodland, WA (US); and William D. Arendt, Libertyville, IL (US)
Assigned to LANXESS Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
Appl. No. 17/254,599
Filed by LANXESS Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/039884 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2020/006450, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/691,256, filed on Jun. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340339 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. C08J 3/20 (2006.01); C08J 3/18 (2006.01); C08K 5/12 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01)

CPC C08J 3/20 (2013.01) [C08J 3/18 (2013.01); C08K 5/12 (2013.01); C08J 2327/06 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01)]

16 Claims

1. A luxury vinyl tile formulation comprising:

polyvinyl chloride homopolymers or copolymers;

a modifier plasticizer, wherein the modifier plasticizer is 1,2-propylene glycol dibenzoate;

a traditional plasticizer, wherein the traditional plasticizer is selected from dioctyl terephthalate, diisononyl phthalate, and diisononyl cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylate; and

optionally, a filler.