US 12,135,205 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 Jan. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/417,662.
Application 18/417,662 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 2024/0159526 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. G01B 21/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/4097 (2006.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06F 111/16 (2020.01)
CPC G01B 21/20 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4097 (2013.01); G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G05B 2219/33099 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45041 (2013.01); G06F 2111/16 (2020.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining an edge profile of a custom decorative article to be installed in an installation area, wherein the installation area has a perimeter having a plurality of corners, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, data indicative of a plurality of coordinates corresponding to the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area, the plurality of coordinates comprising at least first, second, and third coordinates respectively corresponding to first, second, and third corners of the plurality of corners of the perimeter of the installation area, wherein the second corner is positioned between the first and third coordinates along the perimeter of the installation area; and
determining, by the computing device, based on at least the first, second and third coordinates, dimensional and/or geometric characteristics of a pair of opposed portions of the edge profile that, in an installed position in the installation area, are configured to meet to form a corner of the custom decorative article when installed at the second corner of the perimeter of the installation area,
wherein each opposed portion of the pair of opposed portions of the edge profile comprises an arcuate sub-portion and a straight sub-portion,
wherein the pair of opposed portions of the edge profile cooperate to define a relief cut that extends from the arcuate sub-portions of the opposed portions of the pair of opposed portions of the edge profile opposite the straight sub-portions.