US Patent Issued to Dal-Tile on March 24 for "Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,321, issued on March 24, was assigned to Dal-Tile LLC (Dallas).

"Floor element for forming a floor covering and a floor covering" was invented by Claudio Caselli (Dallas) and Rahul Patki (Richardson, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Floor element for forming a floor covering, wherein the floor element comprises a decorative layer, a support layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the decorative layer and the support layer, wherein the decorative layer is made of a brittle material, wherein the floor elements comprises edges provided with coupling elements adapted to cooperate with coupling elements of an adjacent simil...