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US 2003/0143359 A1Published application
Orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles
OwnerSydney D. Daniel, David D. Oakeyinventors
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Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.
An orthogonally ambiguous carpet tile.
An orthogonally ambiguous carpet tile having a pattern comprising a background color and a first color different from the background color.
An orthogonally ambiguous carpet tile comprising a pattern of shapes, at least one of which shapes is formed by a straight line oriented parallel to an edge of the carpet tile, wherein the shapes are further formed from at least one of a plurality of colors comprising at least a background color, a first color, and a second color, wherein at least one of the shapes is formed from the background color only, at least one of the shapes is formed from the background color and the first color only, at least one of the shapes is formed from the background color and the second color only, and at least one of the shapes is formed from the background color, the first color, and the second color, wherein the background color, the first color, and the second color have similar intensities and wherein adjacent shapes comprise at least one common color.
Floorcovering comprising at least two orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles positioned side-by-side.
Floorcovering comprising at least two orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles positioned side-by-side wherein each tile comprises a pattern formed by a background color and at least two colors different from the background color, wherein the background color and at least one of the at least two colors different from the background color are the same for the at least two orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles.
A method for designing a pattern for a carpet web usable to produce orthogonally ambiguous carpet tiles, comprising:
A method for designing a pattern usable to produce orthogonally ambiguous square modules, comprising:
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