发明名称 Patterned tiles and floor coverings comprising same
摘要 A tile having a contrast pattern intermixed with a portion of a background pattern. The contrast pattern is positioned proximate a selected corner of the tile and has a contrast color different than the colors of the background pattern. Within a surface covering, the rotational position of the tile can be varied to thereby achieve a desired visual appearance with respect to the contrast patterns of adjacent tiles.
申请公布号 US9534398(B2) 申请公布日期 2017.01.03
申请号 US201615136168 申请日期 2016.04.22
申请人 COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY 发明人 Rainey Pamela Managan
分类号 E04F15/02;E04F13/08;D06N7/00;E04F15/10 主分类号 E04F15/02
代理机构 Ballard Spahr LLP 代理人 Ballard Spahr LLP
主权项 1. A carpet tile having first and second end edges and first and second side edges, the distance between the first and second end edges of the tile corresponding to a length of the tile, the distance between the first and second side edges of the tile corresponding to a width of the tile, the first and second end edges being joined to the first and second side edges at four spaced corners, the tile comprising: a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are defined by a diagonal boundary line extending across the width of the tile from a first position on the first side edge of the tile to a second position on the second side edge of the tile, wherein the first position on the first side edge is spaced from the first end edge by a first distance, wherein the second position on the second side edge is spaced from the second end edge by a second distance, wherein the first distance is substantially equal to the second distance, and wherein: the first portion comprises a background pattern comprising at least one color; andthe second portion comprises a contrast pattern intermixed with a portion of the background pattern, the contrast pattern comprising at least one contrast color different than the at least one color of the background pattern; and wherein the combined first portion and second portion cooperate to form a corner-oriented contrast pattern region.
地址 Omaha NE US