Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet flooring product for covering a subfloor. The flooring product includes a resilient top layer defining a wearing surface of the flooring product. A fiber backing is laminated to the top layer for dimensionally supporting the layer. A pressure sensitive adhesive coating is permanently applied to the fiber backing and releasable from a protective covering without separation of the fiber backing from the top layer. The coating has sufficient tack for releasably adhering the flooring product to the subfloor.

Abstract: A process for applying a removable and releasible protective layer over an adhesive surface of a flexible sheet flooring product while simultaneously collecting the flooring product on a core roll. The process includes the steps of attaching a leading end of the protective layer to the core roll, and attaching a leading end of the flooring product to the core roll. The flooring product is oriented such that the adhesive surface faces inwardly towards the core roll and adjacent the protective layer. The core roll is then rotated such that the protective layer is applied to and overlies the adhesive surface of the flooring product as the flooring product is simultaneously collected on the core roll.

Abstract: A flexible laminated sheet flooring product for covering a subfloor. The flooring product includes a resilient top layer defining a wearing surface of the flooring product. A fiber backing is laminated to the top layer for dimensionally supporting the layer. A pressure sensitive adhesive coating is permanently applied to the fiber backing and releasible from a protective covering without separation of the fiber backing from the top layer. The coating has sufficient tack for releasibly adhering the flooring product to the subfloor.