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| 052390000 | ADHERED COPLANAR VENEER TILE-TYPE FACER; E.G., PARQUET | 31 |
| 20080302042 | Environmental parquet and strip/plank system for flooring, walls and ceilings - Parquet and strip/plank is unfinished 7/16″ thick solid straight edge construction assembled with a pressure-sensitive adhesive covered transparent non-shrinkable or non-expandable plastic tape on the top. It takes at least 6.6 times less amount of timber to produces this product versus traditional ¾″ thick tongue-and-grooved solid flooring. Strait edged (no tongue-and-grooved) construction is installed with rigid adhesive. The spaces between the floor and walls are filled with adhesive as well. Jobsite finish provides a product with a barrier against water, germs, bacteria and other micro organisms' penetration, creating a healthy indoor air quality conditions. Installed parquet or strip/plank flooring system is non-destructible and eliminates landfill waste. Installation over radiant heated floor provides a significant saving in energy consumption. Proposed distribution system: developer/customer-parquet or strip/plank flooring manufacturer—and manufacturer's approved installer allows a creation of product custom designed for a project. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100095619 | TILE - The invention relates to a tile for installing on a base surface, the tile having a front, a back, and an edge, characterized in that at least one supplementary element ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100154339 | PROCESS FOR REALISING HIGH-RESISTANCE SLABS OR TILES, DESTINED FOR COVERING INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL FLOORS OR WALLS - The process for realizing high-resistance slabs or tiles, destined for covering internal or external floors or walls comprises following stages: arranging a slab or tile exhibiting an in-view surface; arranging at least a slim support slab or support plate having a characteristic of possessing a thermal expansion coefficient which is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the slab or tile, the slim support slab or support plate exhibiting good properties of tenacity and resistance to easy breakage thereof; gluing under heating the slab or tile onto the slim support slab or support plate, or vice versa, using a suitable glue for adhering to surfaces thereof to be glued; leaving an assembly thus obtained to cool down to an ambient temperature such that owing to a different thermal expansion coefficient (contraction), the slim support slab or support plate induces on the slab or tile, to which it is solidly glued, a state of compression starting from a lower surface thereof which is opposite the in-view surface. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100319286 | INSULATING PLATE/STUDDED PLATE WITH ADHESIVE ABSORBENT QUALITIES - A studded plate ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110239572 | Thin-Tile Laminated Mosaic Sheet - A laminated tile mosaic sheet having a laminated sheet made of a mesh grid and a plurality of tiles each with an ornamental surface and attached in spaced apart relation to have gaps between the tiles, and a backer sheet having a first adhesive surface and an opposing second adhesive surface and a second mesh grid, the laminated sheet attached to the first adhesive surface, and a cover sheet detachably attached to the second adhesive surface, whereby the tile mosaic sheet attaches to a surface upon removal of the cover sheet. A method of installing a thin-tile mosaic sheet to a surface is disclosed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120227344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF INSTALLING DECORATIVE PIECES - A plurality of decorative pieces, such as chips, stones, or tiles, are temporarily attached to a rigid film by a releasable adhesive. First and second tile sections are fixed to a floor or subfloor surface to create a gap between the first and second tile sections. A tool is provided having a plurality of teeth which are configured so that they can be inserted in the gap between the first and second tile sections. The tool may also include two shoulder or wing portions which engage and overlap portions of the first and second tile sections and which thereby prevent the plurality of teeth from penetrating farther than a certain distance into the gap. The gap may be formed by gluing the first tile section and the second tile section to the floor or subfloor surface with a first glue. The method may further include gluing the plurality of decorative pieces, with a second glue, inside the gap, and then peeling off the rigid film from the plurality of decorative pieces. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20130067843 | EASY TO INSTALL AND REMOVE TILE SYSTEM - An easy-to-install and remove flooring system comprises three components: 1) a plurality of rolled-out liners, 2) a plurality of tiles, particularly resilient tiles, and 3) an adhesive adhering the tile to the liner. A grid pattern matching the size of the tiles is printed on the liner to enable easy centering and balancing of the tile in the room. The edge portions of adjacent liners are adjacent or overlapped. At least some of the tiles are adhered to two of the liners. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130167463 | COMPOSITE TILE PRODUCT - A self-adhering composite tile product is configured to be bonded to a wall or floor subsurface. The composite tile product includes a first membrane including a modified bitumen material and a second membrane including a modified bitumen material. The composite tile product further includes a reinforcing mat, including a plurality of fibers, that is captured between the first and second membrane, and an adhesive layer on an exposed surface of one of the first and second membranes and configured to bond to said subsurface. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130247494 | GROOVED PANEL COVERING FOR PROVIDING A VARYING PATTERN OF SHADING - To obtain a covering on a supporting structure that has a visual appearance that varies with the angle of light from a light source impinging on the covering, there are provided parquet blocks having reference edges and top surfaces with geometric forms in parallel relationship extending to a higher elevation than the block's adjacent surface portions and extending at angles relative to the reference edges that varies from that of other blocks. The parquet blocks in plan view | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130291468 | PROCESS FOR FORMING HIGH-RESISTANCE SLABS OR TILES, INTENDED FOR COVERING INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL FLOORS OR WALLS - The process includes the following stages: arranging a slab or tile exhibiting an in-view surface; arranging at least a slim support slab or support plate having a characteristic of possessing a thermal expansion coefficient which is greater than a thermal expansion coefficient of the slab or tile, the slim support slab or support plate exhibiting effective properties of tenacity and resistance to easy breakage thereof; gluing under heating the slab or tile onto the slim support slab or support plate, or vice versa, using a suitable glue for adhering to surfaces thereof to be glued; leaving an assembly thus obtained to cool down to an ambient temperature such that owing to a different thermal expansion coefficient (contraction), the slim support slab or support plate induces on the slab or tile, to which it is solidly glued, a state of compression starting from a lower surface thereof which is opposite the in-view surface. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130291469 | METHOD FOR LAYING PARQUET FLOORING WITH IMPROVED DIMENSIONAL STABILITY - 1) Moisture-crosslinkable adhesive composition comprising:
| 11-07-2013 |
| 20130305644 | INTERMEDIATE FLOOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTERMEDIATE FLOOR AND USE OF AN INTERMEDIATE FLOOR - An intermediate floor for a floor that is built up from elements laid on the intermediate floor, butting together with their edges. The intermediate floor includes an intermediate floor layer including an elastic and/or resilient material. The intermediate floor layer is bonded to an adhesive layer on one side for bonding the elements thereto, which adhesive layer is provided with a protective layer, such as a release sheet, which is detachable so that the elements can be bonded to the adhesive layer. A method for producing an intermediate floor and to the use of an intermediate floor. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140000201 | WOOD FLOORING WITH SEALED JOINTS FOR TRUCK TRAILERS AND CONTAINERS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140069039 | Veneer Underlayment - An underlayment for use between a veneer material and a foundation surface comprises a base layer and a series of supports extending upwardly from the base layer. The supports are configured to create voids in a layer of bonding material used to adhere the veneer material to the underlayment. Each of the supports includes at least one outer wall extending upwardly from the base layer and terminating at an upper lip, a bowl area defined adjacent a center of the support; and an internal wall extending downwardly from the upper lip toward the center of the support to at least partially define the bowl area within each of the supports. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140305058 | TRANSITION STRIP FOR FLOOR PANEL AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION, REPLACEMENT, AND REPAIR USING THE SAME - A transition strip is used to install, replace, and repair a floor panel in a floating floor system in accordance with the invention. The transition strip may be a film or tape that may comprise plastic, vinyl, polyvinyl chloride, polyester, polyolefin, or nylon. | 10-16-2014 |
| 052391000 | With additional discrete securing means | 11 |
| 20080202053 | Magnetic tiles and method of installation thereof - A tile is for installation with at least another tile on a wall surface having magnetic properties, the tile comprising a rear surface, a front surface and a peripheral edge. The tile rear surface has magnetic properties for magnetic adherence to the surface, and the peripheral edge of the tile defines first and second fastening means, the first fastening means of a given tile for releasable connection to the second fastening means of an adjacent tile. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090100774 | VARIABLE ANGLE FORMLINER - A formliner and master mold are disclosed. The master mold corresponds with the formliner, which includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick, and a plurality of ridges arranged and disposed to separate the pockets. In the embodiment, each pocket has an angle of rotation in the range of about −5.0° to about 5.0° and the angle of rotation of at least one pocket is other than 0°. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20100146895 | RESILIENT FLOOR TILE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A resilient floor tile is described that comprises a base; a protective film layer; and a decorative layer disposed between the base and the protective film layer; wherein the resilient floor tile has a top surface and a convex edge along a perimeter of the top surface. In another embodiment, the resilient floor tile comprises a decorative layer comprising a printed ink forming a decorative pattern disposed between a base and a protective film layer; wherein the decorative pattern extends over at least a portion of a contoured edge of the tile such that the decorative pattern is substantially undistorted. The process for making a resilient floor tile comprises preheating a printed tile blank; cutting and molding the printed tile blank concurrently to form a resilient floor tile having a convex edge along a top, outer perimeter of the resilient floor tile. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100180529 | Universal device and method for parquet installation - A method for installation tongue and groove material comprising steps of: insert tongue or groove of universal device for frontal or side part into groove or tongue respectively of frontal or side part of installing material respectively under a slight angle; pressing universal device for frontal or side part respectively toward installing surface; hitting metal part of universal device attaching tongue and groove. A universal device for parquet installation comprising: metal part painted in green and metal part painted in red. During installation process these metal parts are used for hitting; wooden part painted in red having word “BACK” written on; wooden part painted in green having word “FRONT” written on it; during installation process these two wooden parts are used to press cut segment of parquet material toward metal side; and two parts of the installing tongue and groove material. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100257801 | TILE TRAY - A tile tray ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110113713 | Mechanically-held tile - A method of making a mechanically-held tile is disclosed by providing a tile having a durable surface, an underside and an anchoring region, locating the tile in a mould, and injecting a polymer into the mould to form a substrate with an integral coupling region. Alternatively, a substrate can be provided in addition to the tile; the injected material mechanically anchors the substrate to the tile. A surrounding grout gasket can also be formed during injection. Injections can be consecutive or concurrent to tailor the properties of the substrate, grout gasket and other layers or regions. Also disclosed is a multi-part tile made by such a process, and a tile with intrinsic manufacturing deviations compensated by a grout gasket. The tile can be interconnected via the coupling regions with other surface-covering materials. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110167746 | Tiled structures and brackets therefor - A tiled structure comprises a layer of adhesive mortar, a bracket having a substantially flat base mounting portion with a plurality of perforations embedded in an adhesive mortar with the mortar flowed through the perforations and substantially covering opposite sides of the base mounting portion, and a tile veneer bonded to the adhesive mortar over at least one side of the base mounting portion. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120144766 | Plastic Floor Plank - A plastic floor plank includes an elongated bottom layer and a rectangular top layer. The bottom layer includes two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides. One long side includes tongues, and the other long side includes grooves opposing the tongues. The tongue is substantially complimentary to the groove. The rectangular top layer has a top surface provided with a wood grain design. The top layer has substantially the same size as the bottom layer when the tongues along one side of the bottom layer are cut. The top layer has an adhesive bottom surface bonded with a top surface of the bottom layer to laminate the top layer and the bottom layer together. In an installation, the tongues of one floor plank are inserted into the grooves of the other floor plank, and a gap is formed between the tongue and the groove. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130111839 | STRUCTURAL INTERLOCKING WOOD PANEL - A composite membrane of wood floor diaphragm for construction of new buildings and strengthening of existing buildings to provide improved load transfer capacity and enhanced resistance to gravity and lateral loads, such as earthquake and/or wind for buildings with wood floor framing. The aforementioned composite membrane is a system, comprised of four-way interlocking mosaic end grain parquet floor attached to a plywood subfloor beneath. A floor to floor sound blocking barrier that can operate in high eighty decibel and above range may preferably be installed under the subfloor. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130118105 | COMPOSITE MEMBRANE OF WOOD FLOOR DIAPHRAGM - A composite membrane of wood floor diaphragm for construction of new buildings and strengthening of existing buildings to provide improved load transfer capacity and enhanced resistance to gravity and lateral loads, such as earthquake and/or wind for buildings with wood floor framing. The composite membrane extends beneath the wall framing to utilize the composite membrane diaphragm as a load and shear bearing element. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130269273 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR DECORATOR TILES - A mounting base has upturned edges that can be used in tile applications to hold a magnetized decorator tile. The mounting base may be a powder coated galvanized metal box, for example, that may retain a decorator tile having a magnet attached to a backside thereof. The mounting base may be installed in a tile installation at a location where a consumer may desire a decorator tile. The consumer may be able to place, remove and exchange various decorator tiles in the mounting base affordably and with ease, without compromising the integrity of the rest of the tile. The mounting base may be sized and shaped to accept various standard tile sizes, as well as custom sizes and shapes. | 10-17-2013 |
| 052392000 | Integral edge engaging spacing feature on tile | 5 |
| 20080302043 | PANELLING SYSTEM FORMED FROM RECTANGULAR PANELS - A panelling system preferably for floors is defined by a series of panels each formed of a plurality of tongue and groove main floor plank strips arranged side edge to side edge and cut to a common length with a tongue along one cut edge and a groove along the other. At the edges are attached first and second dividing strips formed also from the flooring planks fastened together to form a common panel member for transportation and installation. Each divider strip includes a ninety degree point extending beyond the sides of the main strips to meet with the points of other strips to fill the spaces between the panels. The strips are fastened by pins from the rear or by a bonded sheet material on the rear. A method for assembly includes re-cutting the tongue or groove along one edge after compression of the main strips together to ensure accuracy. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090133348 | FLOORING SYSTEM - A panelling system preferably for floors is defined by a series of panels each formed of a plurality of tongue and groove main floor plank strips arranged side edge to side edge and cut to a common length with a tongue along one cut edge and a groove along the other. At the edges are attached edge strips formed also from the flooring planks with tongue and groove and fastened together to form a common panel member for transportation and installation. The outwardly facing edge of each edge has a tongue or groove for mating with a groove or tongue of a next adjacent panel. The strips are fastened by a corrugated fastening plate bridging the junction or by pins from the rear or by a bonded sheet material on the rear. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20100058694 | IMPARTING WATER REPELLENCY TO LAMINATE AND PARQUET EDGES - The present invention discloses the composition of a one-component, solvent-free water repellent for sealing joint and cut edges and tongue and groove of laminate and parquet floor elements laid without adhesive. The water repellent consists of saturated fatty acids having at least 10 carbon atoms in proportions by mass of 60 to 95%, preferably stearic acid, and plasticizers in proportions by mass of 5 to 40%, and optionally dyes, wetting agents and preservatives. Paraffinic white oils and silicone oils are used as plasticizers. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20120085059 | REMOVABLE FLOOR TILE - A floor tile is disclosed which comprises visually contrasting background and inlay portions that are not permanently or semi-permanently adhered to the flooring material during installation. The floor tile comprises a background piece comprising a shaped cavity and an identically shaped inlay which fits inside the shaped cavity. The two pieces are selectively removable from a flooring surface. Alternatively, either the background piece or the inlay piece may be permanently or semi-permanently affixed to the flooring surface, or to a support surface. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing a decorative floor tile where two identically shaped inlay pieces are cut from two different pieces of tile material. The inlays are removed from the materials, forming cavities. The inlay from the first material is placed within the inlay cavity of the second material, and vice versa. The two pieces are selectively removable from a flooring surface. Alternatively, either the background piece or the inlay piece may be permanently or semi-permanently affixed to the flooring surface, or to a support surface. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130086862 | FLEXIBLE FLOOR MEMBER WITH A SURFACE DECLINATION AND BEVELED EDGES - The floor member, in one embodiment of the invention, is a floor member unit having a surface declination at the periphery of a top surface and extending downwardly to a peripheral beveled edge, and intersecting with the beveled edge between the top surface and a bottom surface. The surface declination can be curved or uncurved. In another embodiment of the invention the floor member unit is laminated in offset relationship to an underlayer of the same size and shape as the floor member unit. In either embodiment, the floor member can be formed as a floor tile or a floor plank. | 04-11-2013 |
