Flexible floor member with a surface declination and beveled edges
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May 27, 2014
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Apr 11, 2013
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Jan 12, 2012
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Oct 9, 2011
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Abstract
The floor member, in one embodiment of the invention, is a floor member unit having a surface declination at the periphery of a top surface and extending downwardly to a peripheral beveled edge, and intersecting with the beveled edge between the top surface and a bottom surface. The surface declination can be curved or uncurved. In another embodiment of the invention the floor member unit is laminated in offset relationship to an underlayer of the same size and shape as the floor member unit. In either embodiment, the floor member can be formed as a floor tile or a floor plank.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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TOWER IPCO COMPANY LIMITED | 28-32 UPPER PEMBROKE STREET DUBLIN 2 |
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- 2012 Application Filing Year
- E04B Class
- 951 Applications Filed
- 678 Patents Issued To-Date
- 71.30 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Lu, Qingfeng | Zhangjiagang, CN | 2 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Song, Jincheng | Zhangjiagang, CN | 9 | 92 |
# of filed Patents : 9 Total Citations : 92 | |||
Wang, Zhiming | Zhangjiagang, CN | 82 | 207 |
# of filed Patents : 82 Total Citations : 207 |
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- 7 Citation Count
- E04B Class
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