Title:
TILE COVERINGS WITH BORDERS AND INSERTS AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004067875
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A covering for a floor, wall or ceiling surface includes tiles each having first and second discrete tile sections. The first section includes a primary backing exposed on one side of the tile forming a first discrete exposed surface portion and a plurality of yarns tufted into the primary backing with cut or loop yarns on the back side of the primary backing leaving backstitches forming a second discrete exposed surface portion of the first section. The primary backing and backstitches form the first and second surface portions, respectively, of the first section with aesthetic characteristics different from one another. The second section of the tile is formed of one of a woven fabric, a non-woven fabric and a tufted pile and which second section forms the remaining portion of the exposed surface of the tile.
Inventors:
JAUREGUI ALEJANDRO (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/001307
Publication Date:
November 04, 2004
Filing Date:
January 21, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MOHAWK BRANDS INC (US)
JAUREGUI ALEJANDRO (US)
JAUREGUI ALEJANDRO (US)
International Classes:
A47G27/04; B32B5/26; D06N7/00; (IPC1-7): B32B3/02; B32B33/00; D05C17/00; D04H11/00; D03D27/00
Foreign References:
| US5198277A | 1993-03-30 | |||
| US4877669A | 1989-10-31 | |||
| US4010302A | 1977-03-01 |
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