Metal bricks for forming a decorative surface

Abstract

A decorative assembly that includes a mounting track having a back member and two or more back latch members, each back latch member disposed at an angle to the back member and a metal brick having a decorative front face, each side of the metal brick having a side face that is disposed at an angle to the front face, wherein two or more of the side faces include front latch members that align with the two or more back latch members for securing the metal brick to the mounting track. The metal bricks may be of any shape but in a preferred embodiment, the metal bricks are rectangular or of a shape having at least three sides to form the decorative face. The mounting track may include a mounting track having a back member and two or more back latch members, each back latch member disposed at an angle to the back member. Two or more of the angles between the two or more back latch members and the back member may be different.

1 . A decorative assembly, comprising: 
 a mounting track having a back member and two or more back latch members, each back latch member disposed at an angle to the back member; and    a metal brick having a decorative front face, each side of the metal brick having a side face that is disposed at an angle to the front face, wherein two or more of the side faces include front latch members that align with the two or more back latch members for securing the metal brick to the mounting track.    
   
   
       2 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein two or more of the angles between the two or more back latch members and the back member are different.  
   
   
       3 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the angles between the two or more back latch members and the back member are substantially perpendicular.  
   
   
       4 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the back latch members and the front latch members include male and female snaplocks.  
   
   
       5 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the back latch members and the front latch members are characterized as tongue and groove.  
   
   
       6 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the side faces are decorative.  
   
   
       7 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the back member is metal.  
   
   
       8 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the metal brick is copper.  
   
   
       9 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the metal brick is selected from stainless steel and mild steel.  
   
   
       10 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the metal brick comprises a substrate and a metal plating disposed on the metal substrate.  
   
   
       11 . The decorative assembly of  claim 10 , wherein the metal plating is selected from copper, silver, gold, chrome, nickel, brass, pewter and aluminum.  
   
   
       12 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the brick is rectangular with a front face having four sides.  
   
   
       13 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein the brick comprises a front face having three or more sides.  
   
   
       14 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the side faces are formed by bending a metal sheet along one side of the decorative front face.  
   
   
       15 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein one or more of the side faces are bonded along one side of the decorative front face.  
   
   
       16 . The decorative assembly of  claim 1 , wherein two or more of the side faces have widths that are different.  
   
   
       17 . A decorative assembly, comprising: 
 a plurality of mounting tracks, each mounting track having a back member and two or more back latch members disposed at an angle to the back member; and    a plurality of metal bricks, each metal brick having a decorative front face, each side of the metal brick having a side face that is disposed at an angle to the front face, wherein two or more of the side faces include front latch members that align with the two or more back latch members for securing the metal brick to the mounting track.    
   
   
       18 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein two or more of the angles between the two or more back latch members and the back member are different.  
   
   
       19 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the back latch members and the front latch members include male and female snaplocks.  
   
   
       20 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the back latch members and the front latch members are characterized as tongue and groove.  
   
   
       21 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the back member comprises a plurality of strips.  
   
   
       22 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the metal brick is copper.  
   
   
       23 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the metal brick is selected from stainless steel and mild steel.  
   
   
       24 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the metal bricks comprise a substrate plated with a plating metal.  
   
   
       25 . The decorative assembly of  claim 24 , wherein the plating metal is selected from copper, silver, gold, chrome, nickel, brass, pewter, aluminum and combinations thereof.  
   
   
       26 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the bricks are rectangular.  
   
   
       27 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein the brick has three or more sides.  
   
   
       28 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the side faces are formed by bending a metal sheet along one side of the decorative front face.  
   
   
       29 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the side faces are bonded along one side of the decorative front face.  
   
   
       30 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the back latch members are formed by bending along one side of the back member.  
   
   
       31 . The decorative assembly of  claim 17 , wherein one or more of the back latch members are bonded to the back member.