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A tile is provided for covering surfaces in the form of one or more metallic plates. A substratum is to be placed on the surface to be covered. At least one metal plate has folds forming male and female shaped elements to be connected with those of adjacent tiles to form a substantially continuous c

A tile is provided for covering surfaces in the form of one or more metallic plates. A substratum is to be placed on the surface to be covered. At least one metal plate has folds forming male and female shaped elements to be connected with those of adjacent tiles to form a substantially continuous coverage.

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1. A tile for covering floors, comprising one or more metallic plates having an external tile surface and an internal tile surface, said tile being placed on a rough surface, at least one of said metallic plates is provided, on at least two opposite sides, with folds forming complementary male and f

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A tile for covering floors, comprising one or more metallic plates having an external tile surface and an internal tile surface, said tile being placed on a rough surface, at least one of said metallic plates is provided, on at least two opposite sides, with folds forming complementary male and female shaped coupling elements for reciprocal insertion joints, standing between an external tile surface and the rough surface, each female insertion and coupling element being shaped to receive and retain a complementary male insertion and coupling element of an adjacent tile, wherein the female insertion and coupling element comprises an open Z-shape comprising a first fold defining an external outside end of the metallic plate that is folded toward and into overlaying contact with an internal surface of the metallic plate and a second fold in an opposite direction such that the metallic plate extends into alignment with the external outside end of the metallic plate defining an external inside end of the metallic plate, wherein the internal surface of a portion of the metallic plate after the second fold that extends into alignment with the external outside end of the metallic plate is positioned to rest on the rough surface, andwherein the male insertion and coupling element has an L-shape that comprises a fold down across a thickness of the tile and has a free edge that is positioned to be parallel to the rough surface, wherein said free edge is configured to enter inside a U-shape shape portion of the Z-shape defined by the second fold of the female insertion and coupling element of the adjacent tile in such a way to form a continuous and closed tile plane. 2. A tile, according to claim 1, wherein the insertion and coupling elements are made by folding the tile metal plate and are external with respect to a substratum plate to which the tile is fixed. 3. A tile, according to claim 2, wherein said substratum plate for placement on the rough surface comprises a sound-deadening material. 4. A tile, according to claim 2, wherein said substratum plate for placement on the rough surface is made of plastic material, preferably a thermosetting one. 5. A tile, according to claim 1, wherein the insertion and coupling elements extend along a related tile lane, with the exception of tile corners. 6. A tile, according to claim 1, wherein a tile plane is limited from the one or more metallic plates on four corners. 7. A tile, according to claim 1, comprising a female insertion and coupling element on one side only of the tile and a corresponding male insertion and coupling element on an opposite tile side. 8. A tile, according to claim 1, comprising two female insertion and coupling elements on two contiguous sides of the tile and two male insertion and coupling elements on the other contiguous sides. 9. A tile, according to claim 1, wherein the second edge portion has one or more openings to allow the tile fixing with screws or other elements to the surface to be covered. 10. A tile, according to claim 1, comprising at least two metallic overlapped plates and said plane substratum, wherein the male and female coupling elements are part of the more external metal plate. 11. A tile, according to claim 1, comprising at least two metallic overlapped plates and said plane substratum, wherein the male and female coupling elements are part of the more internal metal plate. 12. A covering for floors realized with a number of tiles as defined according to claim 1, having complementary coupling elements for keeping the tiles closed. 13. A covering according to claim 12, wherein one or more “jolly” tiles are missing of one or more insertion joints to facilitate a partial or complete removal of an installed covering. 14. A covering according to claim 12, wherein one or more “jolly” tiles have one or more shorter insertion joints to facilitate a partial or complete removal of an installed covering. 15. A covering according to claim 12, wherein one or more tiles are standing on a covered surface, without being fixed or interfering with such surface. 16. A covering according to claim 12, wherein the covering is applied on a floating floor. 17. A covering according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the metallic tiles is electrically grounded. 18. A method for producing the tile defined in claim 1, comprising the steps of: cut to measure and cut the corners of a metallic plate to get plates ready to produce metallic tiles;folding two or four sides of each tile metallic plate to form one or two insertion and coupling female elements and one or two male insertion and coupling elements;add in case additional metallic plates; andadd a plane substratum. 19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the folds of said female insertion and coupling elements are pressed to get thickness lower than the one of the tile. 20. A method according to claim 18, comprising performing cuts or line marking on the metal plate to improve the precision of the subsequent folding operation. 21. A tile according to claim 1, wherein the female coupling element comprises a “Z” shaped folded edge of the metallic plate, and wherein said “Z” shaped folded edge is formed by a plurality of “Z” shaped parallel parts separated by cuts perpendicular to said “Z” folded edge. 22. A tile, according to claim 1, wherein the metallic plates are formed of stainless steel. 23. A tile, according to claim 1, having four sides, wherein each of the four sides comprises the folds forming one of the complementary male and female shaped coupling elements. 24. A tile, according to claim 23, wherein two female shaped coupling elements are disposed on a first two contiguous sides of the four sides, and wherein two male shaped coupling elements are disposed on a second two contiguous sides of the four sides.