US3875716A
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Tile, particularly for interior decoration
Assignee: Dynamit Nobel AG
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Filing: 1974-05-16
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Granted: 1975-04-08
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Expires: 1994-05-16
Abstract
Abstract A tile, particularly for interior decoration, wherein the tile has a defined configuration and a surface structure formed of a plurality of zones of different color hues. The zones subdivide the lateral edges of the tile into sections of equal lengths and/or multiples thereof and in a tile having four lateral edges, each of the lateral edges provides a different connection surface configuration to the pattern formed by a plurality of the tiles arranged in side-by-side relation.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephan Eusemann
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 12:06
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47G; A47G27/00; A47G27/02; A47G27/0243; A47G27/0275; B; B44; B44C; B44C3/00; B44C3/12; B44C3/123; B44F; B44F3/00; E; E04; E04F; E04F13/00; E04F13/07; E04F13/08; E04F13/0871; E04F15/00; E04F15/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/16; Y10T428/163; Y10T428/164; Y10T428/166
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
Tile, particularly for interior decoration, having a defined configuration and having a surface structure formed of a plurality of zones, characterized in that at least two of the zones have different color hues, the tile having the lateral edges thereof subdivided by the zones into sections of one of equal length and multiples thereof, the tile having four lateral edges, each of the edges providing a different connection surface configuration to the pattern formed by a plurality of the tiles, each zone having one color hue and a predetermined boundary, the boundary of each zone being delimited by at least one lateral edge of the tile and at least one other zone of the tile having a different color hue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
Tile, particularly for interior decoration, having a defined configuration and having a surface structure formed of a plurality of zones, characterized in that at least two of the zones have different color hues, the tile having the lateral edges thereof subdivided by the zones into sections of one of equal length and multiples thereof, the tile having four lateral edges, each of the edges providing a different connection surface configuration to the pattern formed by a plurality of the tiles, each zone having one color hue and a predetermined boundary, the boundary of each zone being delimited by at least one lateral edge of the tile and at least one other zone of the tile having a different color hue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
Tile, according to claim 1, characterized in that the surface is subdivided into center-related zones having different color hues adjoining each other at the center of the tile surface, each of said zones including at least one center related area of a size equal to the center-related area of another zone.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
Tile according to claim 2, wherein at least one of said zones includes two of said areas of equal size.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
80 words
Tile according to claim 2, characterized in that the surface is subdivided into eight equal areas in the form of triangles, one the apices of each triangular area being adjoined at the center of the tile surface, two of said triangles adjoining each other in the region of a corner of the tile being combined to form a square zone, and two other triangles extending along a lateral edge of the tile being combined to form an isosceles triangle zone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
Tile according to claim 4, characterized in that said square zone and said isosceles triangle zone are of different color hues.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Tile according to claim 4, characterized in that said square zone and said isosceles triangle zone are of the same color hue.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that two color hues are employed and each color occupies 50 percent of the surface of the tile.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that tile has a rectangular configuration and that the surface structure is subdivided into color zones only in one diagonal in a symmetrical manner.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
Tile according to claim 8, characterized in that the surface is subdivided into crescent-shaped zones by quadrant arcs, the centers of which are disposed on opposite corners of the tiles.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
Tile according to claim 9, characterized in that each lateral edge is subdivided into four junction areas of equal size.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that the tile is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of textile material, synthetic resins and ceramic material.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
118 words
In combination, a plurality of tiles arranged in side-by-side relation to form a desired surface pattern, each tile having a rectangular configuration and having a surface structure formed of a plurality of zones, at least two of the zones having different color hues, each tile having the lateral edges thereof subdivided by the zones into sections of one of equal lengths and multiples thereof, each of the edges of each tile exhibiting a different connection to the pattern, each zone of a tile having one color hue and a predetermined boundary, the boundary of each zone being delimited by at least one lateral edge of the tile and at least one other zone of a different color hue.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
118 words
In combination, a plurality of tiles arranged in side-by-side relation to form a desired surface pattern, each tile having a rectangular configuration and having a surface structure formed of a plurality of zones, at least two of the zones having different color hues, each tile having the lateral edges thereof subdivided by the zones into sections of one of equal lengths and multiples thereof, each of the edges of each tile exhibiting a different connection to the pattern, each zone of a tile having one color hue and a predetermined boundary, the boundary of each zone being delimited by at least one lateral edge of the tile and at least one other zone of a different color hue.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
110 words
Tile according to claim 1, wherein the tile has a rectangular configuration and the tile surface has a plurality of center-related zones adjoining each other at the center of the tile surface, each of said center-related zones including at least one area in the form of a triangle having the apex thereof at the center of the tile surface, two of said triangles adjoining each other in the region of each of two opposing corners of the tile being combined to form a square zone, and each of the other two opposing corners of the tile having two zones, each zone including one area in the form of a triangle.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
Tile according to claim 13, wherein the square zones at the opposing corners of the tile are of different color hues, and each square zone is adjacent two triangle zones of a different color hue from that of said square zone.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
41 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that an even number of different color hues are provided and the total surface area of zones of one color hue is equal in total surface area to the zones of another color hue.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
13 words
Tile according to claim 15, characterized in that the zones are asymmetrically disposed.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
Tile according to claim 15, characterized in that the zones are disposed with a diagonal symmetry.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
36 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the zones of one color hue are contiguous with substantially no more than point contact with a portion of the boundary of the same color hue.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
38 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that the boundary of a zone of one color hue is contiguous with at least one zone of a different color hue along at least a portion of the boundary thereof.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
Tile according to claim 1, characterized in that the multiple of equal length is an integer.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1982-04-07 | 1982-10-07 | 1983-04-08 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1986-04-07 | 1986-10-07 | 1987-04-08 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |