Patent ID: 7320774

Claim:
A method of providing multiple tile shapes from one tile mold, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first tile shape without a simulation interface channel by use of said tile mold and a first slipper, said first tile shape being a single, generally S-tile shape; and providing a second tile shape by use of said tile mold and a second slipper, said second tile shape being a single, generally S-tile shape, and defining a necked portion between a cap portion and a pan portion of the second tile shape, the necked portion having a thickness that is substantially equal to or less than a thickness of the cap portion and a thickness of the pan portion immediately adjacent the necked portion, wherein the necked portion defines a simulation interface channel that lies within a plane that is skewed relative to a vertical plane that includes the gravitational axis of the second tile shape while in said mold, wherein said second tile shape simulates two tiles that each have a generally “C”-shaped transverse cross section, and wherein the simulation interface channel is configured to facilitate breakage of the second tile shape between the cap portion and the pan portion.