Tactile tile
Description
The evenly broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the tactile tile that form no part of the claimed design. The unevenly broken lines in
Claims
The ornamental design for a tactile tile, as shown and described.
Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other references
| 331469 | December 1885 | Baker |
| 1334895 | March 1920 | Irons |
| 1789525 | January 1931 | Hoff |
| 1916631 | July 1933 | Muchnic |
| D106187 | September 1937 | Fleisch |
| 2153347 | April 1939 | Schenck |
| 2421171 | May 1947 | Trautvetter |
| 2486911 | November 1949 | Becker |
| D196359 | September 1963 | Rushton |
| D203224 | December 1965 | Fillmore |
| 3627502 | December 1971 | Rees et al. |
| 3950908 | April 20, 1976 | Van Eyk |
| 4080087 | March 21, 1978 | Phillips |
| 4128357 | December 5, 1978 | Barth et al. |
| 4203268 | May 20, 1980 | Gladden, Jr. et al. |
| 4380996 | April 26, 1983 | Mengeringhausen |
| 4411121 | October 25, 1983 | Blacklin et al. |
| 4490069 | December 25, 1984 | Cushman et al. |
| 4628549 | December 16, 1986 | Lazar |
| 4674251 | June 23, 1987 | Wolff |
| 4715743 | December 29, 1987 | Schmanski |
| 4749191 | June 7, 1988 | Gipson et al. |
| 5217319 | June 8, 1993 | Klohn |
| 5271690 | December 21, 1993 | Fennessy, Sr. |
| D343087 | January 11, 1994 | Kaiser |
| 5281459 | January 25, 1994 | Van Eijck |
| 5302049 | April 12, 1994 | Schmanski |
| 5303669 | April 19, 1994 | Szekely |
| 5320790 | June 14, 1994 | Lowe |
| 5328293 | July 12, 1994 | Keefe |
| 5386782 | February 7, 1995 | Dinis et al. |
| 5499888 | March 19, 1996 | Hawkes |
| D382353 | August 12, 1997 | Berger |
| D385977 | November 4, 1997 | Berger |
| D394320 | May 12, 1998 | Berger |
| 5775835 | July 7, 1998 | Szekely |
| 5827009 | October 27, 1998 | Kokoletsos |
| 5838238 | November 17, 1998 | Abita et al. |
| 5927034 | July 27, 1999 | Cole |
| 5933082 | August 3, 1999 | Abita et al. |
| D419862 | February 1, 2000 | Berger |
| 6074127 | June 13, 2000 | Suetsugu |
| 6153282 | November 28, 2000 | Dickinson et al. |
| D438784 | March 13, 2001 | Berger |
| D451682 | December 11, 2001 | Jahner et al. |
| 6449790 | September 17, 2002 | Szekely |
| 6450728 | September 17, 2002 | Grahmbeek et al. |
| D468844 | January 14, 2003 | Montgomery, Sr. |
| 6612776 | September 2, 2003 | Jansson |
| 6699553 | March 2, 2004 | Koket |
| 6709191 | March 23, 2004 | McCuskey |
| 6718714 | April 13, 2004 | Montgomery, Sr. |
| 6740388 | May 25, 2004 | Koket |
| 6802159 | October 12, 2004 | Kotler |
| 6890124 | May 10, 2005 | Provenzano, III |
| 6895622 | May 24, 2005 | Szekely |
| 6939078 | September 6, 2005 | Anderson et al. |
| 6951435 | October 4, 2005 | Fennessy, Sr. |
| 6960989 | November 1, 2005 | Grayson |
| 6964244 | November 15, 2005 | Stockton |
| 6971818 | December 6, 2005 | Schabacker |
| 7000279 | February 21, 2006 | Szekely |
| 7001103 | February 21, 2006 | Sippola |
| 7083845 | August 1, 2006 | Graff |
| 7114298 | October 3, 2006 | Kotler |
| D532122 | November 14, 2006 | Shuman et al. |
| 7142095 | November 28, 2006 | Grayson |
| 7182548 | February 27, 2007 | Womack |
| 7189025 | March 13, 2007 | Greer et al. |
| 7223048 | May 29, 2007 | Greer et al. |
| 7249911 | July 31, 2007 | Hyams |
| D556921 | December 4, 2007 | Ardern |
| D594564 | June 16, 2009 | Disch et al. |
| 7674066 | March 9, 2010 | Wehmeyer |
| 7690862 | April 6, 2010 | Szekely |
| 7758279 | July 20, 2010 | Driscoll |
| 7779581 | August 24, 2010 | Flaherty et al. |
| 7845122 | December 7, 2010 | Sippola |
| 7955024 | June 7, 2011 | Driscoll et al. |
| 7992360 | August 9, 2011 | Driscoll |
| 7993074 | August 9, 2011 | Driscoll |
| 8028491 | October 4, 2011 | Flaherty et al. |
| D648238 | November 8, 2011 | Niver et al. |
| 8146302 | April 3, 2012 | Sippola |
| D667144 | September 11, 2012 | Else |
| D679031 | March 26, 2013 | Amend |
| 8439596 | May 14, 2013 | Dvoracek |
| D691473 | October 15, 2013 | Smith et al. |
| 8630435 | January 14, 2014 | Mellow et al. |
| D700369 | February 25, 2014 | Meyers |
| 8920066 | December 30, 2014 | Meyers |
| 9033612 | May 19, 2015 | Szekely et al. |
| D741769 | October 27, 2015 | Turner |
| D744668 | December 1, 2015 | Meyers |
| 9311831 | April 12, 2016 | Henshue et al. |
| 9365984 | June 14, 2016 | Flaherty et al. |
| D771973 | November 22, 2016 | MacNeil et al. |
| D780346 | February 28, 2017 | Meyers |
| 9605388 | March 28, 2017 | Szekely |
| D796073 | August 29, 2017 | Meyers |
| 9770383 | September 26, 2017 | Meyers |
| 9789025 | October 17, 2017 | Henshue et al. |
| 9895284 | February 20, 2018 | Henshue et al. |
| D829148 | September 25, 2018 | Joyce |
| 10184216 | January 22, 2019 | Urbanek et al. |
| D858805 | September 3, 2019 | Meyers |
| D869693 | December 10, 2019 | Meyers |
| 10497228 | December 3, 2019 | Novick |
| D880012 | March 31, 2020 | Jones et al. |
| D898954 | October 13, 2020 | Huang |
| 10815669 | October 27, 2020 | Diercks et al. |
| 10869805 | December 22, 2020 | Ng |
| 10895044 | January 19, 2021 | Penland, Jr. et al. |
| 10920378 | February 16, 2021 | Meyers et al. |
| D932663 | October 5, 2021 | Meyers |
| 11266562 | March 8, 2022 | Wehmeyer |
| D959709 | August 2, 2022 | Meyers |
| 20030037720 | February 27, 2003 | Stockton |
| 20030084523 | May 8, 2003 | Szekely |
| 20040042850 | March 4, 2004 | Provenzano |
| 20040067336 | April 8, 2004 | Munroe |
| 20050013662 | January 20, 2005 | Provenzano |
| 20050031415 | February 10, 2005 | Sippola |
| 20050066623 | March 31, 2005 | Sippola |
| 20050144743 | July 7, 2005 | Szekely |
| 20060024132 | February 2, 2006 | Seman |
| 20060037155 | February 23, 2006 | Szekely |
| 20060039752 | February 23, 2006 | Hyams |
| 20060174567 | August 10, 2006 | Sippola |
| 20060210766 | September 21, 2006 | Press et al. |
| 20060227009 | October 12, 2006 | Koehn |
| 20060245827 | November 2, 2006 | Rydin et al. |
| 20070086859 | April 19, 2007 | Julnes |
| 20070092335 | April 26, 2007 | Wehmeyer |
| 20070196169 | August 23, 2007 | Logan et al. |
| 20070201948 | August 30, 2007 | Harward et al. |
| 20070201949 | August 30, 2007 | Veldboom et al. |
| 20070269264 | November 22, 2007 | Boghossian |
| 20080008526 | January 10, 2008 | Boghossian |
| 20080107481 | May 8, 2008 | Donald et al. |
| 20080229703 | September 25, 2008 | Driscoll |
| 20080280097 | November 13, 2008 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20100313502 | December 16, 2010 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20110182663 | July 28, 2011 | Harward et al. |
| 20110185961 | August 4, 2011 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120017823 | January 26, 2012 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120073492 | March 29, 2012 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120076579 | March 29, 2012 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120076580 | March 29, 2012 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120124936 | May 24, 2012 | Flaherty et al. |
| 20120275858 | November 1, 2012 | Szekely et al. |
| 20140099164 | April 10, 2014 | Sippola |
| 20150265491 | September 24, 2015 | Henshue et al. |
| 20170174000 | June 22, 2017 | Dagrossa |
| 20180055716 | March 1, 2018 | Flaherty |
| 20200263066 | August 20, 2020 | Skarie |
| 20240180771 | June 6, 2024 | Chase |
| 21483/35 | February 1935 | AU |
| 2032532 | December 1991 | CA |
| 2070984 | June 1992 | CA |
| 2092367 | September 1994 | CA |
| 164037 | March 2016 | CA |
| 0 425 901 | May 1991 | EP |
| 379690 | August 1932 | GB |
| 433732 | August 1935 | GB |
- TufTile—News—ADA Detectable Warning Products (on-line), dated Mar. 4, 2016. Retrieved from Internet Dec. 13, 2018, URL: http://www.tuftile.com/index.php/news (5 pages) (Year: 2016).
- ADA Tiles and Mats (on-line), dated Jun. 16, 2016. Retrieved from Internet Dec. 13, 2018, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113748/https://www.transpo.conn/connponent/k2/itenn/68-ada-tiles-and-mats (1 page) (Year: 2016).
- ADA Tiles and Mats (on-line), dated Jun. 16, 2016. Retrieved from Internet Dec. 13, 2018, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113748/https://www.transpo.com/compon- ent/k2/item/68-ada-tiles-and-mats (1 page) (Year: 2016).
- Engineered Plastics, Inc.'s Drawing No. ADA-C-1212 published on Engineered Plastics' website at least as early as May 2001.
- Engineered Plastics, Inc.'s Drawing No. ADA-P044-BA4-24M published on Engineered Plastics' website at least as early as May 2001.
- Engineered Plastics, Inc.'s Drawing No. ADT-S203-GEN2-06X48 published on Engineered Plastics' website at least as early as May 2001.
- Engineered Plastics, Inc.'s Drawing No. ADA-C-1212 published on Engineered Plastics' website at least as early as Apr. 2004.
- ADA Tiles and Mats (on-line), dated Jun. 16, 2016. Retrieved from Internet Dec. 13, 2018, URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160616113748/https://www.transpo.com/compon- ent/k2/itern/68-ada-tiles-and-mats (1 page) (Year: 2016).
- Restriction Requirement for Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/637,282, mailed Dec. 31, 2018, which is the great-grandfather of the present application.
- Restriction Requirement of Design U.S. Appl. No. 29/800,889, dated Mar. 25, 2022.
Patent History
Patent number: D1092728
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 2022
Date of Patent: Sep 9, 2025
Assignee: TWM IP, LLC (Lake Zurich, IL)
Inventor: Theodore W. Meyers (Barrington, IL)
Primary Examiner: Kimberly Barnes
Application Number: 29/843,979
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 24, 2022
Date of Patent: Sep 9, 2025
Assignee: TWM IP, LLC (Lake Zurich, IL)
Inventor: Theodore W. Meyers (Barrington, IL)
Primary Examiner: Kimberly Barnes
Application Number: 29/843,979
Classifications