Floor tile with waterproof connection
AssigneeR-Tek Manufacturing Limited
InventorNiall Hurson
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Abstract
A floor tile comprising a base substrate and a laminate layer, wherein the base substrate comprises a top layer with a laminate layer receiver on a top surface thereof and a bottom layer with connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a base substrate of a further tile to form an interconnected flooring system. The top layer of the base substrate extends over connecting means on at least one side of the base substrate, characterized in that the base substrate further comprises waterproofing means for engaging with waterproofing means of a base substrate of at least one further tile to provide a waterproof seal between the tile and at least one further tile.
Claims20
A floor tile comprising a base substrate and a laminate layer, wherein the base substrate comprises:
- a top layer with a laminate layer receiver on a top surface thereof;
- and
- a bottom layer with connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a base substrate of a further tile to form an interconnected flooring system, wherein the top layer of the base substrate extends over connecting means on at least one side of the base substrate,
- characterised in that the base substrate further comprises waterproofing means for engaging with waterproofing means of a base substrate of at least one further tile to provide a waterproof seal between the tile and at least one further tile,
- wherein the waterproofing means comprise:
- at least one upstanding elongated flexible seal fin extending only from a top surface of the bottom layer of the base substrate;
- a sealing channel located only on the underside of the top layer of the base substrate;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the underside of the top layer of the sealing channel,
- wherein the upstanding flexible seal fin is for engaging with the sealing channel of a further tile, wherein the sealing channel is for accepting an upstanding flexible seal fin of at least one other further tile and wherein the protrusion is for engagement with yet a further tile to encourage the upstanding flexible seal fin of the tile with which it engages into a sealing channel of one of the other tiles.
A floor tile with waterproof connections, comprising:
- a base substrate and a laminate layer, wherein the base substrate includes:
- a top layer with a laminate layer receiver on a top surface thereof;
- a bottom layer with connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a base substrate of a further tile to form an interconnected waterproof flooring system, wherein the top layer of the base substrate extends over connecting means on at least one side of the base substrate;
- a waterproofing means for engaging with waterproofing means of a base substrate of at least one further tile to provide a waterproof seal between the tile and at least one further tile, the waterproofing means includes:
- a plurality of elongated flexible seal fins extending only from a top surface of the bottom layer of the base substrate;
- a plurality of sealing channels located only on the underside of the top layer of the base substrate;
- and
- a protrusion extending from the underside of the top layer of the base substrate of the sealing channel, wherein the upstanding flexible seal fin is for engaging with the sealing channel of a further tile, wherein the sealing channel is for accepting an upstanding flexible seal fin of at least one other further tile and wherein the protrusion is for engagement with yet a further tile to encourage the upstanding flexible seal fin of the tile with which it engages into a sealing channel of one of the other tiles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.