Interconnectable tiling system
AssigneeTac-Fast Systems SA
InventorJoseph Rocco Pacione
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Abstract
A tile system for covering a surface. The tile system comprises a first tile assembly connected to a second tile assembly by a connector. Each tile assembly comprises a first tile stacked on a second tile, the first tile and the second tile joined to a reinforcing material disposed therebetween. The connector comprises a first component and a second component that is complementary to the first component. The first component is mounted to the first tile assembly, and the second component is mounted to the second tile assembly.
Claims12
A tile connector system for connecting a first tile having a plurality of sides to at least a second tile having a plurality of sides, the tile connector system comprising:
- one or more magnetic elements on one or more sides of the first tile and one or more magnetic elements on one or more sides of the second tile, the one or more magnetic elements on a first side of the first tile being configured to engage magnetically with the one or more magnetic elements on a corresponding second side of the second tile, which second side of the second tile is configured in shape to be complementary in shape to the first side of the first tile;
- an artificial grout on one or more of the sides of the first tile and an artificial grout on one or more sides of the second tile, the artificial grout on the first side of the first tile and the artificial grout on the second side of the second tile configured so as to allow magnetic engagement between the one or more magnetic elements on the first side of the first tile and the one or more magnetic elements on the second side of the second tile;
- wherein, when the one or more magnetic elements on the first side of the first tile and the one or more magnetic elements on the second side of the second tile magnetically engage with each other, the first side of the first tile and the second side of the second tile are connected to, and aligned with, each other.
A tile connector system for connecting a first tile having a plurality of sides to at least a second tile having a plurality of sides, the tile connector system comprising:
- an artificial grout on one or more of the sides of the first tile and an artificial grout on one or more sides of the second tile,
- one or more magnetic elements attached to the artificial grout on one or more sides of the first tile and one or more magnetic elements attached to the artificial grout on one or more sides of the second tile, the one or more magnetic elements on the artificial grout of the first side of the first tile being configured to engage magnetically with the one or more magnetic elements on the artificial grout on the corresponding second side of the second tile, which second side of the second tile is configured in shape to be complementary in shape to the first side of the first tile;
- wherein, when the one or more magnetic elements on the first side of the first tile and the one or more magnetic elements on the second side of the second tile magnetically engage with each other, the first side of the first tile and the second side of the second tile are connected to, and aligned with, each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.