Interlocking tile
AssigneeCh3 Solutions, LLC
InventorsJoshua Pressnell, Ron Bennett, William Lambert
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Abstract
An interlocking tile includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and marginal faces disposed along a perimeter of the top surface. The tile also includes at least one male coupler disposed on a first marginal face and at least one female coupler extending from the bottom surface and disposed on a second marginal face. The at least one female coupler includes an arm, the arm comprising a first notch for engaging with a corresponding male coupler of an adjacent tile at a first position, and a second notch for engaging with the corresponding male coupler of the adjacent tile at a second position.
Claims20
An interlocking tile, comprising:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface;
- marginal faces disposed along a perimeter of the top surface;
- at least one male coupler disposed on a first marginal face;
- and
- at least one female coupler extending from the bottom surface and disposed on a second marginal face, the at least one female coupler comprising at least one arm, each arm comprising a first notch for engaging with a corresponding male coupler of an adjacent tile at a first position, and a second notch for engaging with the corresponding male coupler of the adjacent tile at a second position.
An interlocking tile system, comprising:
- a first tile, comprising:
- a top surface;
- marginal faces disposed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the top surface;
- a male coupler disposed on a first marginal face;
- and
- a female coupler disposed on a second marginal face and comprising at least one arm, each arm comprising a first notch for engaging with a corresponding male coupler of an adjacent tile at a first position, and a second notch for engaging with the corresponding male coupler of the adjacent tile at a second position.
A method of adjoining interlocking floor tiles on an uneven surface, comprising:
- providing a plurality of floor tiles, each tile comprising;
- a male coupler extending from a first marginal face of the floor tile, the male coupler comprising an aperture extending therethrough;
- a female coupler disposed along a second marginal face of the floor tile, the female coupler comprising an arm having a proximal and a distal end and a plurality of notches located generally near the distal end;
- positioning a first tile of the plurality of tiles generally adjacent a second tile of the plurality of tiles such that the male coupler of the first tile is generally adjacent the female coupler of the second tile;
- interlocking the first and second tiles by inserting the arm of the female coupler of the second tile into the aperture of the male coupler of the first tile such that one of the plurality of notches of the arm of the female coupler of the second tile engages with the male coupler of the first tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.