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US 5,437,934 AGranted
Coated cement board tiles
AssigneePermaGrain Products, Inc.
InventorsAlvin E. Witt, Joseph E. Tomasko, Matthew F. Humphreys
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AssigneePermaGrain Products, Inc.
InventorsAlvin E. Witt, Joseph E. Tomasko, Matthew F. Humphreys
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A floor including a plurality of tiles inter engaging each other by tongue and groove engagement. The tiles include a cement base portion cut to a desired size for a floor tile and being coated with a waterproof coating to substantially maintain the moisture content of the cement at a constant level. The tile also includes a veneer layer on top of the base portion having a combination of wood and vinyl to provide a thin layer having the appearance of wood and a vinyl surface facing up from the layer. In a preferred embodiment the cement base portion includes a pair of parallel sides having tongue and groove cuts along opposite parallel sides to provide interlocking engagement with an adjacent tile. The underside of the groove is angled at an angle sufficient to provide a relief space at the engagement of a groove in an adjacent tile. The veneer layer may comprise a vinyl impregnated porous wood, such as red oak, ash, maple or cherry, or the veneer layer may comprise a wood veneer having a vinyl laminate thereon in an amount sufficient to impregnate the wood veneer.
A floor tile, comprising:
The tile of claim I wherein said veneer layer comprises a wood veneer having a vinyl laminate thereon in an amount sufficient to impregnate said wood veneer.
A floor including a plurality of tiles inter engaging each other by tongue and groove engagement, said tiles comprising:
A method of forming a floor tile, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.