US 5,052,160 A · Tile board

Abstract

A tile board made from a one piece sheet having top and bottom portions of contrasting colors. Grooves are machined through the top layer to expose strips of the bottom layer. The exposed strip divides the top layer into tile sized members which simulate inlaid tiles having beveled edges. The exposed strips of the bottom layers simulate recessed grout lines. Machining of the grooves through the top layer simultaneously forms the simulated tiles and simulated grout lines in the plastic sheet. The tile board can have a bent edge section to provide a finished tile look spanning a corner of two adjacent walls. This is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 906,326 filed Sept. 11, 1986, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 575,217 filed Jan. 30, 1984 (now abandoned).

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Dependent claims

A coextruded, grooved, plastic material tile board for bathrooms and kitchens simulating tiles embedded in grout comprising:

a top layer of plastic material;
an underlying layer of plastic material of different color, said top layer and underlying layer being integrally formed together by coextrusion and solidifying to form said tile board free from any separate adhesives therebetween;
said top layer having grooves formed therethrough by selective mechanical removal of the top layer after it solidifies to expose strips of said underlying layer, said strips having a width and simulating grout lines;
the groove having a total width that is visibly greater than said width of the exposed strips of said underlying layer;
and
said exposed strips visibly dividing said top layer into finished tile sized components simulating individual tiles.

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