Patent ID: 7083841
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: A47G,B44C,B44F,D06N,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Carpet dies comprising tile edges and textile faces, each face having a pattern comprising a plurality of shapes having shape edges, wherein: a. at least one of the shapes comprises at least one curved shape edge; b. at least one of the shapes comprises a first straight shape edge that is parallel to at least one edge of the carpet tile on which the first straight shape edge appears; c. the pattern comprises at least one background color and at least one color different from the at least one background color and of similar intensity to the as least one background color; d. at least some adjacent shapes on each tile comprise as least one common color; and e. when the tiles are assembled on a flooring surface so that each tile is adjacent to and abuts at least one other tile the tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity without pattern alignment between adjacent tiles.