US 12,379,211 B2
Custom decorative articles and system, apparatus, and method for providing the same
Jacob Daniel Altarkawi, Cartersville, GA (US); Thomas Odum, Tunnel Hill, GA (US); Katelyn Marianetti, Smyrna, GA (US); and Anthony Patrick Raymond Hohol, Rocky Face, GA (US)
Assigned to Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Dalton, GA (US)
Filed by SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC., Dalton, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/930,569.
Application 18/930,569 is a continuation of application No. 18/417,656, filed on Jan. 19, 2024, granted, now 12,158,335.
Application 18/417,656 is a continuation of application No. 18/569,884, previously published as PCT/US2023/024580, filed on Jun. 6, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,305, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/349,444, filed on Jun. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0052568 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01B 21/20 (2006.01); E04F 19/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 111/16 (2020.01)
CPC G01B 21/20 (2013.01) [E04F 19/045 (2013.01); G05B 19/4097 (2013.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); E04F 2019/0422 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33099 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45041 (2013.01); G06F 2111/16 (2020.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A custom decorative article comprising:
a body having an edge profile that defines a custom pattern configured to fit in an installation area,
wherein the edge profile of the body comprises at least one pair of opposed portions that are configured to be joined together to form a corner comprising a cove and a flashing, wherein each opposed portion of a respective one of the at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile has a first end at which the opposed portions of the respective pair of opposed portions meet and an opposed second end, wherein the opposed second ends of each opposed portion of the respective pair of opposed portions are connected by other portions of the edge profile that do not comprise the respective pair of opposed portions, the other portions of the edge profile comprising at least one of:
at least one linear segment; or
at least one other opposed portion of the at least one pair of opposed portions,
wherein the opposed portions of each respective pair of the at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile each comprise an arcuate sub-portion and a straight sub-portion, and
wherein the opposed portions of each respective pair of at least one pair of opposed portions of the edge profile cooperate to define a relief cut that extends from the arcuate sub-portions of the respective pair of opposed portions of the edge profile opposite the straight sub-portions of the respective pair of opposed portions of the edge profile.