REVETEMENT DE SOL

FLOOR COVERING

Abrégé anglais

Flooring for covering floors made from vinyl having different colors or
patterns on
opposite sides of the flooring. Those are generally referred to as planks.
This permits the
installation of either side of the flooring face up so as to create different
patterns and designs,
based on which side is face up. The shape of the flooring can be in any
desired shape, including
square, rectangles, circles or semicircles. While the principal use of the
invention is for flooring,
the material can be used for walls and other surface coverings as well.

Revendications

I CLAIM:

1. A plank for use in floor coverings s having a first side and a second side,

whereby the first side has one color and pattern and the second side having a
second color and second pattern.

Description

PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION
FOR
FLOOR COVERING
BY
CAN UNUSTASI
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Flooring for covering floors made from vinyl having different colors or
patterns on
opposite sides of the flooring. Those are generally referred to as planks.
This permits the
installation of either side of the flooring face up so as to create different
patterns and designs,
based on which side is face up. The shape of the flooring can be in any
desired shape, including
square, rectangles, circles or semicircles. While the principal use of the
invention is for flooring,
the material can be used for walls and other surface coverings as well.
BACKGROUND
Typically, stores sell floor coverings in boxes or containers with one side
installed face
up showing and the other side applied against the floor. The side intended for
facing the floor has
a plain color with no design. This requires the stores to inventory many
different colors and
shapes of materials for use by the purchaser. For example, if a purchaser
desires to create a
pattern on the floor in the shape of a black and white checkerboard, the user
would need to buy
separate boxes of square black tiles and boxes of square white tiles. The
store would be required
to separately inventory black tiles and white tiles.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Floor coverings, made of vinyl have different colors or patterns on opposite
sides of the
flooring. Flooring is generally referred to as planks; the planks are
typically 6" by 36" and 3mm
thick. This permits the installation of either side of the flooring face up so
as to create different
patterns and designs, depending on which side is face up. The shape of the
flooring can be in any
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desired shape, including square, rectangles, circles or semicircles. While the
principal use of the
invention is for flooring, the material can be used for covering walls and
other surfaces as well.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
One object of the present invention is to provide flooring that is capable of
being used
showing multiple sides;
Another object of the present invention is to provide flooring that is cheaper
to
inventory.
These and other objects of the present invention will be apparent from the
specification
and drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figures IA through IF is a copy view of the present invention in a rectangular
shape.
Figures IA through IF are showing three pairs of tiles with different colors
on each side 1A, 1B,
IC, ID, 1E, and IF.
Figure 2A through 2F are top views of the present invention showing patterns
created using
simple tiles shown in Figures IA through IF. A different color is available on
either the top or
bottom of the flooring.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the present invention showing different
colors and patterns on
the top and bottom side.
Figure 4 is a form of the present invention in a semicircular shape.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to figures IA-1F three versions of the present invention is in the
form of a
rectangle of vinyl material 10 is shown. Figures IA and 1B are opposite sides
of a plank;
Figures 1C and 1D are opposite sides of second plank; Figures 1E and 1F are
opposite sides of
the third plank. Any number of different designs and colors can be used on the
planks. The
square vinyl material 10 has an upper surface 12 and a lower surface 14. As
illustrated in Figure
IA the upper surface 12 is depicted as having a color, in this case Mark
Shadow as an example
only. As illustrated in Figure 1B, the lower surface 14 is depicted as having
a color different
than the color of the upper surface 12, in this case, Natural. The colors Mark
Shadow and
Natural are used purely for illustration and the colors and designs can be any
colors or designs.
The shape of the planks can be of any desired shape, including rectangular 20,
circular (not shown)
22, or semicircular 24.
The planks themselves would be manufactured in the conventional manner well
known to
those manufacturing the particular materials used for the tiles. During the
manufacturing process,
the upper portion 12 would be made of one color or pattern and the lower
portion 14 would be
made of a different color or pattern than the upper portion. It is possible
that the upper and lower
portions 12 and 14 could be laminated together so that the upper portion is
made in one
production run and the lower portion made in a different production run.
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The user would have the option of having all of the tiles applied so that only
one color or
design was facing upward, or could make a pattern such as shown in Figures 2A
through 2F by
having some of the tiles mixed. For example, if the tiles had red on the upper
portion and blue on
the lower portion, some of the tiles having red on the upper portion would be
installed with the
red upper portion showing and some of the tiles would be installed with the
colored blue
showing. Other combinations of colors could be used so that the design of the
floor would have
many different colors and designs.
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