Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
267 words
A prefabricated tile panel consisting essentially of a flat substrate board having substantially rectangular convex portions and substantially rectangular concave portions by turns around the sides of the substrate board, and a multiplicity of tiles arranged in a right-angled tetragon fashion and bonded onto the substrate board; said bonded tiles constituting a fundamental right-angled tetragon form, said rectangular convex portion being protruded by a given width of W from the fundamental tetragon form and having a side length of Lv; Lv being larger than W; said rectangular concave portion being set back by a width of at least W from the fundamental tetragon form and having a side length of Lc; the relationship between the W, Lv and Lc being defined by the following expression, Lc=Lv+2×W; said rectangular concave and convex portions being arranged regularly by turns on a basis of the shape of the fundamental tetragon form around the side of the substrate board in such a fashion that each side of the substrate board starts with one of the concave and convex portions followed by other portions by turns and ends with the other portion; the shape of a corner of the tile panel being substantially point-symmetrical with that of a diagonally opposite corner about the center of the diagonal; and the positions of the convex and concave portions present at one side of the tile panel substantially falling line-symmetrically under those of the other portions present at the opposite side thereof whereby said panel may be substantially symmetrically rotated within the plane of said flat substrate board 180° about the center of said panel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
267 words
A prefabricated tile panel consisting essentially of a flat substrate board having substantially rectangular convex portions and substantially rectangular concave portions by turns around the sides of the substrate board, and a multiplicity of tiles arranged in a right-angled tetragon fashion and bonded onto the substrate board; said bonded tiles constituting a fundamental right-angled tetragon form, said rectangular convex portion being protruded by a given width of W from the fundamental tetragon form and having a side length of Lv; Lv being larger than W; said rectangular concave portion being set back by a width of at least W from the fundamental tetragon form and having a side length of Lc; the relationship between the W, Lv and Lc being defined by the following expression, Lc=Lv+2×W; said rectangular concave and convex portions being arranged regularly by turns on a basis of the shape of the fundamental tetragon form around the side of the substrate board in such a fashion that each side of the substrate board starts with one of the concave and convex portions followed by other portions by turns and ends with the other portion; the shape of a corner of the tile panel being substantially point-symmetrical with that of a diagonally opposite corner about the center of the diagonal; and the positions of the convex and concave portions present at one side of the tile panel substantially falling line-symmetrically under those of the other portions present at the opposite side thereof whereby said panel may be substantially symmetrically rotated within the plane of said flat substrate board 180° about the center of said panel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which the relationship between W, Lv and Lc is defined by the following expression, Lc=Lv+2×W+C wherein, W is in the range of about 5 to about 15 mm, and C is a length in the range of 0 to about 10 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which the tile is a ceramic or porcelain tile and the substrate board is a mineral or inorganic material board.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which each of the convex portions of the substrate board has at least one small hole for nailing.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
53 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which the side lengths of the convex portions at the corners of the substrate board are made shorter than and those of the concave portions at the corners are made longer than, the side lengths thereof, respectively, at the intermediate sides of the substrate board.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which the tile panel is of a rectangular shape, wherein one pair of sides of said panel is longer than the other pair of sides of said panel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The tile panel according to claim 3, in which the back surface of the substrate board is treated with a waterproofing agent.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The tile panel according to claim 1, in which the protruded width W is in the range of about 5 mm to about 15 mm.