Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carpet material that typically includes applying a coating To a substrate where the coating includes the reaction product of a B-side that includes an esterified vegetable oil-based polyol and a catalyst and an A-side that includes an isocyanate and the reaction product of a B-side that includes a vegetable oil-based polyol and a catalyst and an A-side that includes an isocyanate. The polyols may optionally be blown, oxylated, and/or neutralized.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2005
Date of Patent:
September 29, 2009
Assignee:
Urethane Soy Systems, Co.
Inventors:
Thomas M. Kurth, Richard A. Kurth, Robert B. Turner, Les P. Kreifels
Abstract: An improved material comprising the reaction product of an A-side having an isocyanate and a B-side having a cross-linker comprising a multifunctional alcohol, a vegetable oil, preferably a blown/oxidized vegetable oil, most preferably a blown/oxidized soybean oil, and a catalyst and the method of producing the same.