Wall covering and method of making the same

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A light weight wall covering and method of making same are provided herein. The wall covering has a substantially smooth inside surface and a textured outer layer comprised of a substrate having an exposed surface defining the inside surface a fluid im-, pervious film bonded against the substrate and an embossed ex-, panded vinyl plastisol bonded against the film and defining the textured outer layer. The textured outer layer is defined by alternating recesses and dense projections substantially free of air spaces, which air spaces constitutes less than 10 percent of the volume of the outer layer. The textured outer layer also has a substantially fluid impervious skin. The substrate and …