Patent ID: 8241039

Claim:
A kit of pre-construction countertop samples, comprising: a plurality of pre-construction countertop samples, each of the pre-construction countertop samples being made of a flexible material and having a primary surface that includes a countertop image replicating a countertop, the primary surface defined by a width and a length and the primary surface being substantially flat across the countertop image, at least one of the width or the length for each of the pre-construction countertop samples being at least 18 inches, the countertop image being an image of only a single countertop product and being substantially on a 1:1 scale with the corresponding countertop product, each of the countertop samples including a coating over the countertop image so that the countertop sample better matches the reflectivity of the corresponding countertop product than the flexible material, the kit including pre-construction countertop samples having different characteristics, the different characteristics at least including different colors corresponding to the different countertop products replicated by the plurality of different pre-construction countertop samples within the kit; and wherein each of plurality of pre-construction countertop samples within the kit is a distinct sample corresponding to a single countertop product such that a user can independently place each of the countertop samples on an existing countertop in a manner that permits the countertop image to be visualized by the user.