Appeal No. 2004-0749 Page 6
Application No. 09/891,746
corresponding to the shape of the prospective floor covering elements and
wherein said simulated elements further include a show surface including a
surface design pattern comprising a reduced reproduction of a surface design
pattern of at least one prospective floor covering element, said simulated
elements being releasably attachable across the display face of the support
element with the show surface facing away from the display face of the support
element such that said simulated elements are independently manipulatable,
rotatable, and arrangeable in a manually manipulatable abutting array across the
display face to simulate a first prospective arrangement of the prospective floor
covering elements and such that said manually manipulatable array is alterable
by means of manually rearranging at least one of the manually manipulatable
elements to simulate at least a second prospective arrangement of the
prospective floor covering elements, wherein said simulated elements comprise
printed segments of a printable magnetic sheet material.
19. A display system for the simulated presentation of a plurality of alternative
arrangements of prospective floor covering tile elements across a flooring
support surface, the display system comprising:
a support element including a substantially planar display face; and
a plurality of independently manually manipulatable simulated tile
elements comprising printed reduced dimension reproductions of the prospective
floor covering tile elements, wherein said simulated tile elements have a
rectangular shape substantially corresponding to the shape of the prospective
floor covering tile elements and wherein said simulated tile elements further
include a show surface including a surface design pattern comprising a
substantially complete reduced reproduction of a surface design pattern of at
least one prospective floor covering tile element, said simulated tile elements
being releasably attachable across the display face of the support element with
the show surface facing away from the display face of the support element such
that said simulated tile elements are independently manipulatable, rotatable, and
arrangeable in a manually manipulatable abutting array across the display face
to simulate a first prospective arrangement of the prospective floor covering tile
elements across a flooring surface and such that said manually manipulatable
array is alterable by manually rearranging at least one of the simulated tile
elements to simulate at least a second prospective arrangement of the
prospective floor covering tile elements across a flooring surface, and wherein
the attachment force between the display face and the simulated tile elements is
sufficient to maintain the relative position of the simulated tile elements within the
manually manipulatable array across the display face when the display face is
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