公开(公告)号：US07601413B2

公开(公告)日：2009-10-13

申请号：US11433977

申请日：2006-05-15

申请人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

发明人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

IPC分类号： B32B3/14 ,  B32B33/00

CPC分类号： A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B44C1/28 ,  B44F1/08 ,  B44F5/00 ,  E04F15/02 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.

摘要翻译： 具有图案和配色方案的地毯瓦片消除了相对于彼此定向瓦片的需要。 瓦片呈现正交的模糊性，意味着它们可以相对于相邻的瓦片以任何并排的方向铺设，而不会偏离普通观众的位置，从而仍然实现连续性的外观，如宽幅地毯。 每个瓷砖都具有一些具有一些直边的形状图案，并且看起来是随机地定位的，而是以平行于地毯砖边的一些直边定向。 形状由颜色或颜色的组合形成，使得每个瓦片上的相邻形状具有至少一种共同的颜色。 此外，每个瓦片具有与每隔一个瓦片共同的至少一种颜色，使得当瓦片铺设时，相邻瓦片上的颜色协调。 所有的颜色都具有相似的强度，因此没有一种颜色将显着脱离其他颜色。 此外，由于每个瓦片上的图案看起来是随机的，所以瓦片在任何并排方向上放置在地板上简单地产生更大的，显然是随机的图案，使得任何瓦片不可能看不到位置。

公开(公告)号：US06849317B1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-01

申请号：US10149265

申请日：2000-10-03

申请人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall

发明人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall

IPC分类号： A47G27/02 ,  A47G27/04 ,  B26D7/02 ,  B26D9/00 ,  B26F1/22 ,  B26F1/38 ,  B26F1/40 ,  B26F1/44 ,  B32B3/10 ,  B32B3/02 ,  B32B3/14 ,  B44C1/26

CPC分类号： B26F1/40 ,  A47G27/0293 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B26D7/025 ,  B26D9/00 ,  B26F1/22 ,  B26F1/3853 ,  B26F1/44 ,  B26F2001/4454 ,  Y10T428/15 ,  Y10T428/161 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/168 ,  Y10T428/22 ,  Y10T428/23929

摘要： A carpet tile (11) and tile cutting apparatus (20) that produces a carpet tile with a removable cutout section (13) defined by discontinuous slits (19) and held in place by bridges (14). The apparatus includes a perimeter cutting assembly (50) and retractable inner cutting assembly (40). The perimeter cutting assembly is used to cut the carpet tile and the inner cutting assembly simultaneously forms the discontinuous slits in the inner portion of the carpet tile. The inner cutting assembly can be engaged or disengaged during the carpet tile cutting process. The carpet tile is installed by severing the bridges and laying the border sections (12) on the floor with dissimilar cutouts within the borders to create a visually interesting floor covering.

摘要翻译： 一种地毯砖（11）和瓦片切割装置（20），其产生具有由不连续狭缝（19）限定并由桥（14）保持就位的可移除切口部分（13）的地毯瓦片。 该设备包括周边切割组件（50）和可缩回的内切割组件（40）。 周边切割组件用于切割地毯砖，并且内切割组件同时在地毯砖的内部部分形成不连续狭缝。 内切割组件可以在地毯砖切割过程期间接合或脱开。 通过切断桥梁并将边界部分（12）铺设在地板上，在边框内形成不同的切口来安装地毯，以产生视觉上有趣的地板覆盖物。

公开(公告)号：US20090220727A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-03

申请号：US12378843

申请日：2009-02-19

申请人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

发明人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

IPC分类号： B32B33/00

CPC分类号： A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B44C1/28 ,  B44F1/08 ,  B44F5/00 ,  E04F15/02 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.

公开(公告)号：US20080193698A1

公开(公告)日：2008-08-14

申请号：US12038187

申请日：2008-02-27

申请人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall ,  William N. Jones

发明人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall ,  William N. Jones

IPC分类号： B32B3/10 ,  B32B33/00

CPC分类号： B44C3/12 ,  A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0293 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/0524 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23943 ,  Y10T428/23957 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： Design and manufacture of floor covering webs for, design, manufacture and installation of, asymmetrical carpet tiles having a prominent design element not intersected by a tile edge. Bands or regions define “frames” around what will become central carpet tile areas so that design elements positioned within the frames will not be intersected by a tile edge and may also be at least a predetermined distance from each tile edge. Design elements also may be positioned differing distances from each of at least one pair of opposed tile edges.

摘要翻译： 设计和制造用于，设计，制造和安装非对称地毯砖的地板覆盖幅材，其具有不被砖边缘相交的突出设计元件。 条带或区域围绕什么将成为中心的地毯片区域定义“框架”，使得位于框架内的设计元素将不被瓦片边缘相交，并且也可以距离每个瓦片边缘至少预定的距离。 设计元件还可以定位成与至少一对相对的瓦片边缘中的每一个不同的距离。

公开(公告)号：US07297385B2

公开(公告)日：2007-11-20

申请号：US10513169

申请日：2003-04-29

申请人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

发明人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

IPC分类号： B32B33/00 ,  B32B3/10 ,  B32B3/14 ,  D05C17/02

CPC分类号： A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  D06N7/0063 ,  D06N2209/083 ,  D06N2211/066 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： A carpet web and a method of forming a carpet web having a striped pattern and color scheme that permits carpet tiles cut from the web to be installed without regard to relative tile positions and without visibly disrupting the pattern, but rather maintaining the appearance of a broadloom web. The web pattern includes parallel stripes having varying widths and longitudinal discontinuities. The stripes are formed with at least two colors or two shades of a color. The tiles are positionally ambiguous in that they need not be located on the floor in the same position they occupied in the web for the flooring installation to exhibit the desired uniform appearance. Instead, the tiles may be shuffled and laid in any side-by-side or top-to-bottom orientation (provided that uniform rotational orientation is maintained among the tiles) with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and without emphasizing the modularity of the flooring.

摘要翻译： 地毯网和形成具有条纹图案和配色方案的地毯网的方法，其允许从幅材切割的地毯瓷砖，而不考虑相对瓷砖位置而不明显地破坏图案，而是保持宽幅布的外观 网络 网状图案包括具有不同宽度和纵向不连续性的平行条纹。 条纹形成有至少两种颜色或两种颜色的阴影。 这些瓷砖的位置是不明确的，因为它们不需要位于地板上的位置上，它们在用于地板装置的幅材中占据的相同位置上展现出所需的均匀外观。 相反，瓦片可以以相对于相邻瓦片的任何并排或从顶部到底部的方向进行洗牌和铺设（假定在瓷砖之间保持均匀的旋转取向），而不会向普通观察者看不到位置， 而不强调地板的模块化。

公开(公告)号：US06841216B2

公开(公告)日：2005-01-11

申请号：US10135913

申请日：2002-04-30

申请人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

发明人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

IPC分类号： A47G27/02 ,  A47G27/04 ,  B44F1/08 ,  D06N7/00 ,  D06N7/04 ,  D06P1/00 ,  E04F15/02 ,  E04F15/10 ,  E04F15/16 ,  B32B33/00 ,  B32B3/10

CPC分类号： D06P1/0096 ,  A47G27/0243 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B44F1/08 ,  D06N7/0063 ,  D06N2209/083 ,  D06N2211/066 ,  E04F15/02 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： A carpet web and a method of forming a carpet web having a striped pattern and color scheme that permits carpet tiles cut from the web to be installed without regard to relative tile positions and without visibly disrupting the pattern, but rather maintaining the appearance of a broadloom web. The web pattern includes parallel stripes having varying widths and longitudinal discontinuities. The stripes are formed with at least two colors or two shades of a color. The tiles are positionally ambiguous in that they need not be located on the floor in the same position they occupied in the web for the flooring installation to exhibit the desired uniform appearance. Instead, the tiles may be shuffled and laid in any side-by-side or top-to-bottom orientation (provided that uniform rotational orientation is maintained among the tiles) with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and without emphasizing the modularity of the flooring.

摘要翻译： 地毯网和形成具有条纹图案和配色方案的地毯网的方法，其允许从幅材切割的地毯瓷砖，而不考虑相对瓷砖位置而不明显地破坏图案，而是保持宽幅布的外观 网络 网状图案包括具有不同宽度和纵向不连续性的平行条纹。 条纹形成有至少两种颜色或两种颜色的阴影。 这些瓷砖的位置是不明确的，因为它们不需要位于地板上的位置上，它们在用于地板装置的幅材中占据的相同位置上展现出所需的均匀外观。 相反，瓦片可以以相对于相邻瓦片的任何并排或从顶部到底部的方向进行洗牌和铺设（假定在瓷砖之间保持均匀的旋转取向），而不会向普通观察者看不到位置， 而不强调地板的模块化。

公开(公告)号：US07083841B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-01

申请号：US10165842

申请日：2002-06-07

申请人： David D. Oakey ,  Sydney D. Daniel

发明人： David D. Oakey ,  Sydney D. Daniel

IPC分类号： B32B3/14 ,  B32B33/00

CPC分类号： E04F15/02 ,  A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0293 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B44C1/28 ,  B44F1/08 ,  B44F5/00 ,  D06N7/0065 ,  D06N2209/083 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles in a particular positional or rotational relationship relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight and curved elements. At least some of the straight elements on each tile preferably parallel a tile edge. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.

公开(公告)号：US06908656B2

公开(公告)日：2005-06-21

申请号：US09783354

申请日：2001-02-14

申请人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

发明人： Sydney D. Daniel ,  David D. Oakey

IPC分类号： A47G27/02 ,  A47G27/04 ,  B44F1/08 ,  D06N7/00 ,  E04F15/02 ,  B32B3/14 ,  B32B33/00

CPC分类号： A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  B44C1/28 ,  B44F1/08 ,  B44F5/00 ,  E04F15/02 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.

摘要翻译： 具有图案和配色方案的地毯瓦片消除了相对于彼此定向瓦片的需要。 瓦片呈现正交的模糊性，意味着它们可以相对于相邻的瓦片以任何并排的方向铺设，而不会偏离普通观众的位置，从而仍然实现连续性的外观，如宽幅地毯。 每个瓷砖都具有一些具有一些直边的形状图案，并且看起来是随机地定位的，而是以平行于地毯砖边的一些直边定向。 形状由颜色或颜色的组合形成，使得每个瓦片上的相邻形状具有至少一种共同的颜色。 此外，每个瓦片具有与每隔一个瓦片共同的至少一种颜色，使得当瓦片铺设时，相邻瓦片上的颜色协调。 所有的颜色都具有相似的强度，因此没有一种颜色将显着脱离其他颜色。 此外，由于每个瓦片上的图案看起来是随机的，所以瓦片在任何并排方向上放置在地板上简单地产生更大的，显然是随机的图案，使得任何瓦片不可能看不到位置。

公开(公告)号：US20100330327A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-30

申请号：US12802783

申请日：2010-06-14

申请人： David D. Oakey ,  Bridget Machell

发明人： David D. Oakey ,  Bridget Machell

IPC分类号： D05C17/02 ,  B32B3/02

CPC分类号： D05C17/026 ,  A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0475 ,  D05C15/26 ,  D06N7/0065 ,  Y10T428/23936

摘要： Embodiments of the invention provide carpet tile patterns and techniques for making carpet tile patterns that provide diversity of color, texture, and/or other pattern attributes. In some embodiments, a color attribute changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In other embodiments, a yarn pile height changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In some embodiments, carpet tiles mimic in some respects the appearance of wood flooring having natural variations in the appearance of the wood elements.

摘要翻译： 本发明的实施例提供了用于制造提供颜色，纹理和/或其他图案属性的多样性的地毯砖图案的地毯拼花图案和技术。 在一些实施例中，颜色属性沿着毯子的尺寸改变，毯子从其切割毯子。 在其他实施例中，纱线绒头高度沿着毯子切割的幅材的尺寸而变化。 在一些实施例中，地毯砖在某些方面模仿木地板外观上具有自然变化的木地板的外观。

公开(公告)号：US07350443B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-01

申请号：US11077444

申请日：2005-03-10

申请人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall ,  William N. Jones

发明人： David D. Oakey ,  Jerry C. Hall ,  William N. Jones

IPC分类号： D26D3/00 ,  D26D1/00

CPC分类号： B44C3/12 ,  A47G27/0275 ,  A47G27/0293 ,  Y10T83/04 ,  Y10T83/0524 ,  Y10T428/16 ,  Y10T428/164 ,  Y10T428/23929 ,  Y10T428/23943 ,  Y10T428/23957 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： Design and manufacture of floor covering webs for, design, manufacture and installation of, asymmetrical carpet tiles having a prominent design element not intersected by a tile edge. Bands or regions define “frames” around what will become central carpet tile areas so that design elements positioned within the frames will not be intersected by a tile edge and may also be at least a predetermined distance from each tile edge. Design elements also may be positioned differing distances from each of at least one pair of opposed tile edges.

摘要翻译： 设计和制造用于，设计，制造和安装非对称地毯砖的地板覆盖幅材，其具有不被砖边缘相交的突出设计元件。 条带或区域围绕什么将成为中心的地毯片区域定义“框架”，使得位于框架内的设计元素将不被瓦片边缘相交，并且也可以距离每个瓦片边缘至少预定的距离。 设计元件还可以定位成与至少一对相对的瓦片边缘中的每一个不同的距离。