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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Tom Alford, Rockwall, TX (US);
Mark Cappelle, Staten, BE;
Inventors:
Tom Alford, Rockwall, TX (US);
Mark Cappelle, Staten, BE;
Assignee:
Mohawk Carpet Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A groutless tile system including groutless tiles, wherein each groutless tile includes a substrate, a durable surface disposed within a groove defined by the substrate, the durable surface having bottom surface, and a first coupling member disposed on an edge of the substrate. The first coupling member comprises a first bendable portion and a groove, the groove having an upper surface and a lower surface. The bottom surface of the durable surface is substantially coplanar with a point between the upper and lower surfaces of the groove.