US 12,392,139 B2
Tile with imitation grout line
Stephen Courey, Quebec (CA); and Michele Alfieri, Quebec (CA)
Assigned to QUICKSTYLE INDUSTRIES, INC., Montreal (CA)
Filed by Quickstyle Industries Inc., Montreal (CA)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/505,165.
Application 17/505,165 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/002,418, filed on Aug. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,149,442, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Application 17/002,418 is a continuation of application No. 16/358,241, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, abandoned.
Application 16/358,241 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/196,974, filed on Nov. 20, 2018, granted, now 10,544,595, issued on Jan. 28, 2020.
Application 16/196,974 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/950,046, filed on Apr. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,132,088, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Application 15/950,046 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/454,650, filed on Mar. 9, 2017, granted, now 9,938,726, issued on Apr. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/380,122, filed on Aug. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0213693 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E04F 15/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/06 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 27/20 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 15/02033 (2013.01) [B32B 3/06 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 27/20 (2013.01); B32B 27/304 (2013.01); E04F 15/02038 (2013.01); E04F 15/107 (2013.01); B32B 2264/10 (2013.01); B32B 2307/412 (2013.01); B32B 2307/72 (2013.01); B32B 2419/04 (2013.01); E04F 2201/0153 (2013.01); E04F 2201/023 (2013.01); E04F 2201/043 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tile comprising:
a rigid core layer and a top section;
said top section at least partially defined by at least one layer of a coating material applied to said rigid core layer;
said top section further at least partially defining a top surface of the tile;
said rigid core layer having a first density and said top section having a second density; said first density of said rigid core layer is greater than said second density of said top section;
a plurality of sides at least partially defined by said rigid core layer;
at least one exposed portion defined within said rigid core layer; and
said at least one exposed portion including a design element configured to imitate a grout line.