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US 12,188,240 B2Granted
Covering element for a floor covering
AssigneeUnilin BV
InventorsGiuseppe Cesana, Andrea Guglielmi
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Abstract
A covering element for a floor covering comprising an upper surface having a relief structure, wherein the relief structure comprises excavations having a depth decreasing towards at least one perimetric edge of the covering element.
Claims8
A set comprising a plurality of covering elements, each covering element of the plurality of covering elements being a ceramic tile comprising:
- a support made of a ceramic material;
- an upper surface comprising a glaze covering, each of the upper surface and the glaze covering having a relief structure;
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- a plurality of edges,
- a lower surface comprising a second relief structure that is substantially specular to the relief structure of the upper surface, the lower surface being free from the glaze covering,
- wherein the relief structure comprises a plurality of excavations comprising a bottom surface and a depth,
- wherein the relief structure comprises a wood pattern or a stone pattern;
- wherein the depth of the excavations decreases towards at least an edge of the covering element, and
- wherein the set comprises a plurality of supporting elements configured to support the plurality of covering elements in a raised position relative to a surface to be covered, forming a cavity between the plurality of covering elements and the surface to be covered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.