Patent ID: 8915035

Claim:
A method of forming a multiple floor tile image comprising the step of: providing a plurality of floor tiles, each tile including a base having an underside, an upper surface, and perimetric edges, the base being formed of a high impact copolymer material designed to provide a slight flexure, the base including interlocking or tile connecting loops and tabs designed to interact with adjacent floor tiles to hold the adjacent tiles fixedly in place, the base further including panels extending upwardly from the perimetric edges thereof and forming the upper surface into a tray; providing a working image of the multiple floor tile image including oversizing the image according to the equation: X+(g(x/w))−g+2b y+(g(y/h))−g+2b where: g equals a gap width between adjacent tiles in inches; w equals the width of a single tile; h equals the height of a single tile; X equals the image overall width, in inches; y equals the image overall height, in inches; and b equals a bleed per side; separating the working image into multiple individual images corresponding to the multiple floor tiles and cropping parts of the individual images to maintain the working image in proportion and to scale; using the cropped individual images, forming a specific graphic media for each specific tile of the multiple tiles, and positioning the specific graphic media in the tray of the specific tile; covering the graphic media of each tile of the plurality of tiles with a protective coating overlying the graphic media; and positioning the multiple tiles on a support surface and interlocking the multiple tiles by connecting the loops and tabs of adjacent tiles, the positioning including arranging the multiple tiles to form the multiple floor tile image.