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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9487923 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2013

Floor tile

Applicant:

Macneil Ip Llc, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Inventors:

Frederick W. Masanek, Jr., Barrington, IL (US);

David S. Iverson, Hinsdale, IL (US);

Allan R. Thom, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);

Assignee:

MacNeil IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US);

Attorneys:

Perkins IP Law Group LLC

Jefferson Perkins

Primary Examiner:

Jeff Vonch

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/24 (2006.01); B32B 7/04 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); E01C 5/20 (2006.01); E01C 5/22 (2006.01); E01C 13/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01C 5/20 (2013.01); E01C 5/226 (2013.01); E01C 13/045 (2013.01); E04F 15/02194 (2013.01); E04F 15/105 (2013.01); B29C 45/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/16 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 7/04 (2013.01); E01C 2201/12 (2013.01); E01C 2201/16 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24331 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24339 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24347 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24752 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24777 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24802 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24942 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24983 (2015.01);
Abstract

A modular plastic floor tile has a body of a first polymer compound and features overmolded onto the body from a second polymer compound. The compounds may be different from each other in hardness and/or color. The features may include raised pads on the upper surface and/or skins on support member cores downwardly depending from the tile lower surface. The pads on the upper surface may be injection-molded from the lower surface through through-holes. Lateral edges of the tile are provided with latches which fit into loops with an interference fit. The loops flex in order to impose a compressive force on mating tile edges. The tile may have an overmolded peripheral seal.

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