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US 11,492,811 B2Granted
Ceramic tile
AssigneeFlooring Industries Limited, Sarl
InventorsBernard Thiers, Christine Walmsley-Scott, Bart Van Der Stockt
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Abstract
Ceramic tile having a ceramic base layer and a cover glaze layer including a printed pattern, where the surface of the ceramic tile has a relief having structural features corresponding to the printed pattern. The relief being basically formed as a plurality of excavations present in the generally plane upper surface of the ceramic tile and the structural features have a depth such that they are completely situated above the ceramic base layer.
Claims11
A ceramic tile comprising:
- a ceramic base layer, and
- a cover glaze layer comprising a printed pattern,
- wherein a generally planar upper surface of the ceramic tile comprises a relief having structural features corresponding to said printed pattern and wherein said relief is basically formed as a plurality of excavations present in the generally planar upper surface of the ceramic tile and wherein said structural features have a depth such that they are completely situated above said ceramic base layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.