Patent ID: 11905714
Assignee: SAWICA INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A mosaic tile assembly for installation on a floor or wall surface, said mosaic tile assembly comprising:
a plurality of mosaic tiles, each one comprising:
a front face and a back face, said front face comprising a front surface configured for exposure to the exterior,
said back face comprising a back surface and a plurality of grooves disposed in a predetermined array, said back surface and each one of said plurality of grooves collectively configured for attachment to the floor or wall surface, two oppositely disposed horizontal sides and two oppositely disposed vertical sides collectively defining a quadrilateral tile shape,
a plurality of links, a first group of said plurality of links configured to connect vertical sides of different and adjacent ones of said plurality of mosaic tiles, a second group of said plurality of links configured to connect horizontal sides of different and adjacent ones of said plurality of mosaic tiles,
each one of said plurality of mosaic tiles collectively disposed in a staggered arrangement comprising:
a plurality of rows of adjacently disposed ones of said plurality of mosaic tiles, each one of said plurality of rows disposed at an offset relationship to a different adjacent row of said plurality of mosaic tiles,
at least one extended vertical channel defined by a group of vertically aligned grooves of said plurality of grooves of individual ones of said plurality of mosaic tiles of adjacently disposed ones of said plurality of rows,
at least one extended horizontal channel defined by a group of horizontally aligned grooves of said plurality of grooves of individual ones of adjacently disposed ones of said plurality of tiles of a same one said plurality of rows.