	US 12,492,562 B2
	Acoustic decorative article with multilayered porosity base
Anthony Drevet, Chattanooga, TN (US); Shawn Liao, Taichung (TW); and Jing Ouyang, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US)
Appl. No. 18/994,996
Filed by Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 27, 2024, PCT No. PCT/US2024/021611 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 15, 2025, PCT Pub. No. WO2024/206391, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2024.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/601,993, filed on Nov. 22, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/454,881, filed on Mar. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0263935 A1, Aug. 21, 2025
Int. Cl. E04F 15/00 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/32 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); B44F 9/02 (2006.01); B44F 9/04 (2006.01)

CPC E04F 15/02038 (2013.01) [B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/32 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); B32B 2266/0214 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7376 (2023.05); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01); B32B 2451/00 (2013.01); B44F 9/02 (2013.01); B44F 9/04 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0153 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); E04F 2201/042 (2013.01); E04F 2201/043 (2013.01)]

18 Claims

1. A decorative article comprising:

a top layer comprising a décor layer and a wear layer; and

a core layer comprising an upper section and a lower section, the upper section having a lower compressibility resistance than the lower section and the upper section having a density of at least 900 kg/m³,

wherein the top layer is positioned above the upper section of the core layer and the upper section of the core layer is positioned above the lower section of the core layer, and

wherein the lower section of the core layer comprises a locking system configured to interconnect with at least one adjacent decorative article.