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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel Kotler, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Snap Lock Industries, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 5/20 ; E04B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 5/20 ; E04B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A plurality of interlocking tile pieces form a generally flat traffic-carrying surface. The tile are locked together in a manner to form a plurality of non-bendable tile joints. The tile includes a hinge or fold line along a first axis and a hinge or fold line along a second axis. The hinges allow the multi-tile traffic carrying surface to be rolled up into a hollow tube from any direction along one of the axes, beginning at any edge of the traffic carrying surface. The rolled-up floor covering is made up of a plurality of tile panels.