Patent ID: 7297385

Claim:
A carpet tile comprising a tile length and a pattern comprising a plurality of substantially parallel, straight stripes, wherein: (i) the plurality of stripes are formed by at least two colors; (ii) each of the plurality of stripes comprises a stripe width, wherein at least some of the stripe widths are different; (iii) at least some of the plurality of stripes extend along a first portion of the tile length and terminate on one side of a visual boundary transverse to the stripes; and (iv) at least some of the plurality of stripes begin on the other side of the visual boundary and extend along a second portion of the tile length, wherein each of the at least some of the plurality of stripes extending along the second portion of the tile length abuts, contrasts with, and is parallel to at least one of the at least some of the plurality of stripes extending along the first portion of the tile length.