Abstract:
A tile for covering an area which interlocks with an adjacent tile includes a main body having a top surface and a bottom surface disposed opposite the top surface. The main body has at least a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The tile includes a plurality of spaced apart male connectors situated on the first lateral side, and a plurality of spaced apart female receptacles situated on the second lateral side. The tile further includes a plurality of spaced apart wedge-shaped projections and a plurality of spaced apart complementary-shaped slots. Each slot is situated on either the first lateral side or the second lateral side of the main body in between either adjacent male connectors or adjacent female receptacles. Similarly, each projection is situated either on the first lateral side or the second lateral side of the main body in between either adjacent female receptacles or adjacent male connectors. The male connectors of the tile are engageable with female receptacles of an adjacent tile so that the tile may interlock with the adjacent tile. Also, the projections of the tile are receivable by slots of the adjacent tile to help prevent the tiles from curling, separating and/or peeling.
Abstract:
A tile for covering an area which interlocks with an adjacent tile includes a main body having a top surface and a bottom surface disposed opposite the top surface. The main body has at least a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The tile includes a plurality of spaced apart male connectors situated on the first lateral side, and a plurality of spaced apart female receptacles situated on the second lateral side. Each male connector further includes a lip or flange situated at a free end thereof, and each female receptacle includes a slot formed therein. When one tile is mated to an adjacent tile, the male connectors of one tile are received by corresponding female receptacles of the other tile, with the lip or flange of the male connectors being received by the slots formed in the female receptacles to help hold the male connectors in place within the female receptacles and to help interlock the adjacent tiles together. Ramp-like border tiles having a top surface with an increasing slope may be mated to the aforementioned tiles and provide a border around a matrix or array of interlocked tiles.