Patents by Inventor Dung V. Dao
Dung V. Dao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9611654Abstract: A floor panel and a floating floor system include a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a visible decorative pattern and the bottom surface has a recess which extends about the periphery of the bottom surface. The recess has a recess surface. The floor panel includes a joining member with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the joining member is adhered to the recess surface of the recess. The bottom surface of the joining member and the bottom surface of the floor panel are essentially flush which each other. The use of the joining member does not create any imprints on the top surface of the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: AFI Licensing LLCInventors: Dung V. Dao, Richard H. Balmer
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Publication number: 20150152646Abstract: A floor panel and a floating floor system include a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a visible decorative pattern and the bottom surface has a recess which extends about the periphery of the bottom surface. The recess has a recess surface. The floor panel includes a joining member with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the joining member is adhered to the recess surface of the recess. The bottom surface of the joining member and the bottom surface of the floor panel are essentially flush which each other. The use of the joining member does not create any imprints on the top surface of the floor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: June 4, 2015Inventors: DUNG V. DAO, RICHARD H. BALMER
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Publication number: 20150082741Abstract: A method of making a floor panel includes the steps of: providing an adhesive on a release member; laminating or marrying the release member to a bottom layer such that the adhesive is between the release member and the bottom layer; removing a portion of the release member to expose an area of the adhesive; and adhering a top layer to the area such that the top layer is offset with respect to the bottom layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of a top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Richard H. Balmer, Shih Chung Lee, Dung V. Dao, John R. Eshbach, JR., Heath E. Harrington, Michael E. Buckwalter, Kean M. Anspach
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Patent number: 8950147Abstract: A floor panel and a floating floor system include a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a visible decorative pattern and the bottom surface has a recess which extends about the periphery of the bottom surface. The recess has a recess surface. The floor panel includes a joining member with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the joining member is adhered to the recess surface of the recess. The bottom surface of the joining member and the bottom surface of the floor panel are essentially flush which each other. The use of the joining member does not create any imprints on the top surface of the floor panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: AWI Licensing CompanyInventors: Dung V. Dao, Richard H. Balmer
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Patent number: 8894794Abstract: A method of making a floor panel includes the steps of: providing an adhesive on a release member; laminating or marrying the release member to a bottom layer such that the adhesive is between the release member and the bottom layer; removing a portion of the release member to expose an area of the adhesive; and adhering a top layer to the area such that the top layer is offset with respect to the bottom layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of a top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: AWI Licensing CompanyInventors: Richard H. Balmer, Shih Chung Lee, Dung V. Dao, John R. Eshbach, Jr., Heath E. Harrington, Michael E. Buckwalter, Kean M. Anspach
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Patent number: 8720684Abstract: A packaging system and a method of packaging a plurality of floor panels in a box includes floor panels having a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer has a top surface with a visible decorative pattern and a bottom surface adhered to a top surface of the bottom layer such that the bottom layer is offset from the top layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of the top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed. At least one of the marginal end portions has an adhesive. The floor panels are stacked in the box in pairs. Each of the pairs is stacked such that the top surfaces of the top layers of each of the pairs of the floor panels are facing each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: AWI Licensing CompanyInventors: Richard H. Balmer, Shih Chung Lee, Dung V. Dao, Christopher R. Knafelc, Heath E. Harrington, Kean M. Anspach, Michael E. Buckwalter, John R. Eshbach, Jr.
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Publication number: 20130047537Abstract: A floor panel and a floating floor system include a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface has a visible decorative pattern and the bottom surface has a recess which extends about the periphery of the bottom surface. The recess has a recess surface. The floor panel includes a joining member with a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the joining member is adhered to the recess surface of the recess. The bottom surface of the joining member and the bottom surface of the floor panel are essentially flush which each other. The use of the joining member does not create any imprints on the top surface of the floor panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2011Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: Dung V. DAO, Richard H. BALMER
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Publication number: 20110042252Abstract: A packaging system and a method of packaging a plurality of floor panels in a box includes floor panels having a top layer and a bottom layer. The top layer has a top surface with a visible decorative pattern and a bottom surface adhered to a top surface of the bottom layer such that the bottom layer is offset from the top layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of the top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed. At least one of the marginal end portions has an adhesive. The floor panels are stacked in the box in pairs. Each of the pairs is stacked such that the top surfaces of the top layers of each of the pairs of the floor panels are facing each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Richard H. Balmer, Shih Chung Lee, Dung V. Dao, Christopher R. Knafelc, Heath E. Harrington, Kean M. Anspach, Michael E. Buckwalter, John R. Eshbach, JR.
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Publication number: 20110042003Abstract: A method of making a floor panel includes the steps of: providing an adhesive on a release member; laminating or marrying the release member to a bottom layer such that the adhesive is between the release member and the bottom layer; removing a portion of the release member to expose an area of the adhesive; and adhering a top layer to the area such that the top layer is offset with respect to the bottom layer in a direction of length and width and a marginal end portion of a top surface of the bottom layer and a marginal end portion of the bottom surface of the top layer is exposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Richard H. Balmer, Shih Chung Lee, Dung V. Dao, John R. Eshbach, JR., Heath E. Harrington, Michael E. Buckwalter, Kean M. Anspach
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Patent number: 5316861Abstract: The invention relates to a method for fabricating coverings for floors or walls and to such coverings comprising at least an upper sheet (21), a lower sheet (23) charged and made flexible, and a decoration interleaved between said sheets, substantially comprised of a material derived from propylene polymer.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1991Date of Patent: May 31, 1994Assignee: Sommer S.A.Inventors: Daniel Marchal, Dung V. Dao