Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tile systems and methods of making and using same
- Patent Title (中): 瓷砖系统及其制作和使用方法
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Application No.: US13139981Application Date: 2009-12-15
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Publication No.: US08769902B2Publication Date: 2014-07-08
- Inventor: Wesley A. King , Wolfgang Zimmerman
- Applicant: Wesley A. King , Wolfgang Zimmerman
- Applicant Address: US GA Calhoun
- Assignee: Mohawk Carpet Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mohawk Carpet Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Calhoun
- Agency: Troutman Sanders LLP
- Agent Benjamin C. Wiles; Troy S. Kleckley
- International Application: PCT/US2009/068113 WO 20091215
- International Announcement: WO2010/075104 WO 20100701
- Main IPC: E04B2/00
- IPC: E04B2/00 ; E04B5/00 ; E04B9/00

Abstract:
A tile system, comprising: —a mounting unit, e.g. a rail fixed to a wall; —a tile unit, e.g. a frame holding a decorative tile; —a tile unit-fastening device configured to fasten the tile unit to the mounting unit, e.g. a pin engaging recesses formed on the mounting and the tile unit, the tile unit-fastening device preferably comprising a repositioning mechanism configured to allow the tile unit to move in one or two directions parallel to the wall after the tile unit is fastened to the mounting unit, e.g. the pin having ribs on its outer surface and the recesses being elongated and having cooperating ribs on their elongated inner faces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110289864A1 TILE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME Public/Granted day:2011-12-01
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