Appeal No. 2001-1666
Application 08/818,333
THE INVENTION
The appellant claims a process for onsite installation of
decorative tiles. Claim 3 is illustrative:
3. A process for on site installation by a tile setter of
small individual decorative tiles of varying sizes and shapes on
a surface in a desired pattern comprising the steps of:
a) selecting a portable hand holdable matrix having ridges
to locate and space a strip of tiles in the desired pattern said
matrix being of sufficient stiffness to support said strip of
tiles for manual handling;
b) placing tiles of the desired shape and color face down
in said matrix;
c) securing a layer of perforated paper having adhesive
material on the backside of said tiles to create a tile strip;
d) applying adhesive to said surface to be decorated;
e) removing said tile strip with the paper layer from said
matrix and placing the tile strip against said surface to be
decorated; and
f) applying grout to the spaces between said tiles.
THE REFERENCES
Worth 712,168 Oct. 28, 1902
Hopkins 1,359,893 Nov. 23, 1920
Cable 2,852,932 Sep. 23, 1958
Du Fresne 2,931,751 Apr. 5, 1960
Schmidt 3,775,856 Dec. 4, 1973
Kingston et al. (Kingston) 4,712,309 Dec. 15, 1987
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