Patents by Inventor Michael Paul Nicholas Atkins

Michael Paul Nicholas Atkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Floor tile
    Patent number: 9771722
    Abstract: Floor tiles, systems and methods of interconnecting floor tiles in which the tile(s) have a base substrate and a laminate layer. The substrate can have upstanding edges on a top surface where the edges define a rim at a perimeter of the substrate for aligning the laminate layer on the top surface of the substrate. The substrate can have connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a substrate of another tile to form an interconnected floor system. By engaging the connecting means of a tile with another tile aligns and positions a side edge of the tile with the side edge of the another file in a side by side arrangement to provide a grout effect for the tiles when they are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Hurson, Everardus Johannes Maria Van Leusden, Michael Paul Nicholas Atkins
  • Floor Tile
    Publication number: 20150284965
    Abstract: Floor tiles, systems and methods of interconnecting floor tiles in which the tile(s) have a base substrate and a laminate layer. The substrate can have upstanding edges on a top surface where the edges define a rim at a perimeter of the substrate for aligning the laminate layer on the top surface of the substrate. The substrate can have connecting means for engaging with connecting means of a substrate of another tile to form an interconnected floor system. By engaging the connecting means of a tile with another tile aligns and positions a side edge of the tile with the side edge of the another file in a side by side arrangement to provide a grout effect for the tiles when they are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan Patrick Hurson, Everardus Johannes Maria Van Leusden, Michael Paul Nicholas Atkins