公开(公告)号：US3599385A

公开(公告)日：1971-08-17

申请号：US3599385D

申请日：1969-09-25

Applicant: LEONARD LARUE

Inventor： LARUE LEONARD

IPC: E04F15/04 ,  E04F15/14

CPC classification number: E04F15/04 ,  E04F2201/01 ,  E04F2201/023 ,  E04F2201/0511 ,  E04F2201/0517

Abstract: A finishing wood covering laid over a subfloor and comprising a plurality of finishing wood panels secured over the subfloor in edge abutting relationship with each other, each panel being cut out along the abutting edges to define a recess, at the top, having a horizontal ledge and an inclined inner lateral wall, and being further cut out at the bottom along the abutting edges to form a horizontal groove. The recess and the groove of a panel define therebetween an overhanging tongue that extends fully around the panel, the top recesses of abutting panels thus having a dovetail configuration. A plurality of fastening clips are mounted on the tongues of abutting panels to hold them together and fasten them to the floor. Each clip is formed of an upstanding web disposed between the facing ends of the tongues of the corresponding abutting panels and lateral prongs projecting from the top and bottom of the upstanding web to overlie the horizontal ledges of the tongues and to be received in the bottom grooves of the corresponding abutting panels, respectively. There is for each clip, two spaced top prongs extending in one direction from the web and a further top prong extending in opposite direction between the first two prongs. There is also provided, for each clip, two spaced bottom prongs that extend in the said opposite direction while a further bottom prong extends in the one direction aforesaid between the first bottom prongs. The panels are secured to the subframe by means of a nail, for each clip, driven in the space between the first two top prongs, driven through the tongue, through the further bottom prong and into the subfloor. Finally, filler wood strips of dovetail cross section are set in the said recesses defined between the abutting panels.