公开(公告)号：US06023900A

公开(公告)日：2000-02-15

申请号：US304478

申请日：1999-05-03

Applicant: James H. Stoehr ,  Michael W. Niese ,  John Williams

Inventor： James H. Stoehr ,  Michael W. Niese ,  John Williams

IPC: B27M3/00 ,  E04B1/62

CPC classification number: B27M3/002 ,  Y10T403/7045

Abstract: A finger jointed floorboard or laminatable floorboard section of two connected shorter pieces includes a relatively thick upper wear region which may be sanded without exposing the fingers forming the connection, regardless of whether or not the pieces are connected in the same longitudinal and transverse horizontal planes. The structure and orientation of this finger joint allows flooring manufacturers to maximize the yield of typically solid, good quality floorboard material and to reduce installation costs, without adversely affecting the aesthetic quality of the installed floor. In one embodiment, a finger jointed board with a central finger joint is sawed in a horizontal plane through the joint to produce two identical, laminatable floorboard sections. With a thicker starting board having two separate, spaced finger joint connections, sawing along a horizontal midplane produces two identical intermediate boards, each with a centrally located finger joint. Each intermediate board is then sawed through the finger joint connection to produce a total of four laminatable floorboard sections.

Abstract translation: 两个连接的短片的手指接合的地板块或可层压地板块部分包括相对较厚的上部磨损区域，其可以在不暴露形成连接的指状物的情况下被磨砂，而不管片段是否连接在相同的纵向和横向水平面中。 这种手指接头的结构和方向允许地板制造商最大限度地提高典型的固体，优质地板材料的产量，并降低安装成本，而不会对安装的地板的美观质量产生不利影响。 在一个实施例中，具有中心指接头的手指接合板在水平面上通过接头锯切，以产生两个相同的可层压地板块部分。 使用较厚的启动板具有两个单独的间隔开的指接头连接，沿着水平中平面锯切产生两个相同的中间板，每个具有位于中心的手指接头。 然后通过手指接头连接锯切每个中间板，以产生总共四个可层压地板块部分。

公开(公告)号：US5070662A

公开(公告)日：1991-12-10

申请号：US523602

申请日：1990-05-15

Applicant: Michael W. Niese

Inventor： Michael W. Niese

IPC: E04B1/61 ,  E04F15/04 ,  E04H3/14 ,  F16B5/00

CPC classification number: E04H3/14 ,  E04B1/6141 ,  E04F15/04 ,  F16B5/0004 ,  E04F2201/0529 ,  Y10T403/7041

Abstract: An insert and set screw for locking together the tongue and groove elements of adjacently situated sections of a portable floor in a manner which prevents upward movement of both the set screw and the insert beyond the top surface of the floor. The insert has a flared bottom end that is located in a floor section, above a groove in the groove element, and the set screw is threadably received within the insert. The set screw is tightened downwardly to contact and then compress upon a tongue element of an adjacently situated floor section that has been inserted within the groove element, thereby locking the tongue and groove elements together. The flared bottom end of the insert prevents it from moving upwardly into the plane of the top surface. Stop means inside the insert limit upward movement of the set screw. Both the insert and the set screw are physically restricted from protruding above the top floor surface.

Abstract translation: 一种插入和固定螺钉，用于将便携式地板的相邻位置的舌部和凹槽元件以防止固定螺钉和插入件向上移动超过地板顶表面的方式锁定在一起。 插入件具有位于凹槽元件中的凹槽上方的地板部分中的扩口底端，并且固定螺钉可螺纹地容纳在插入件内。 定位螺丝向下紧固以接触，然后压缩在已经插入槽元件中的相邻位置的地板部分的舌元件上，从而将舌部和凹槽元件锁定在一起。 插入件的扩口底端防止其向上移动到顶部表面的平面。 止动装置内部的限位螺丝限位向上移动。 插入物和固定螺钉都被物理地限制在顶层表面上方突出。

公开(公告)号：US07694480B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-13

申请号：US11476193

申请日：2006-06-27

Applicant: Michael W. Niese ,  John Richard Puening

Inventor： Michael W. Niese ,  John Richard Puening

IPC: E04F15/22 ,  A63C19/00

CPC classification number: E04F15/22

Abstract: An athletic floor uses a panel-type subfloor to secure directly to a concrete base. The panel-type sections include upper and lower rigid layers which sandwich a resilient layer. The rigidity of the lower layer spans most uneven spots in the floor, while the resilient layer provides some degree of a compressibility and/or conformability, as needed, to provide a flat horizontal surface for supporting a layer of floorboards thereabove. The panel sections can be secured directly to the base, via anchors which secure the lower rigid layers to the base, the anchors residing in access openings formed along the perimeter of the upper rigid layer and in the resilient layer. This anchoring arrangement enables each anchor to hold at least two adjacently located panel sections, and it also eliminates precompression of the resilient layer. The subfloor panel sections are prefabricated, at the factory, and then shipped to the installation site. Overall, a subfloor of panel-type sections of this type provides a high degree of stability, resiliency, and uniformity in these parameters, with simpler and lower cost installation.

Abstract translation: 运动场地使用面板式底层地板直接固定在混凝土基座上。 面板型部分包括夹层弹性层的上下刚性层。 下层的刚度跨越地板中的最不均匀的斑点，而弹性层根据需要提供一定程度的可压缩性和/或适形性，以提供用于支撑上层地板层的平坦的水平表面。 面板部分可以通过将下部刚性层固定到基座的锚固件直接固定到基部，锚固件位于沿着上部刚性层的周边和弹性层中形成的进入开口中。 这种锚固装置使得每个锚固体能够保持至少两个相邻定位的板部分，并且还消除了弹性层的预压缩。 地板面板部分在工厂预制，然后运到安装地点。 总体而言，这种类型的板式部件的底板提供了高度的稳定性，弹性和这些参数的均匀性，安装更简单和更低成本。

公开(公告)号：USRE37615E1

公开(公告)日：2002-04-02

申请号：US09266398

申请日：1999-03-10

Applicant: Michael W. Niese

Inventor： Michael W. Niese

IPC: E04B500

CPC classification number: E04F15/22

Abstract: An anchored/resilient floor system includes at least one upper flooring layer supported by parallel rows of attachment members which are supported above a base by a plurality of compressible pads, the attachment members being secured to the base at predetermined positions therealong by a fastener construction which permits downward deflection under loaded conditions but prevents vertical raising of the members beyond their initial static position. The attachment members are anchored in a manner which does not hold the pads in a precompressed state when the floor is unloaded. The fastener construction may include a one, two or three piece construction. The single member fastener construction is particularly suitable for reanchoring or retrofitting an already installed floor at a significantly lower cost than that of installing a new floor, and the one-piece fastener construction also may be adapted for use with a portable floor.

Abstract translation: 锚定/弹性地板系统包括至少一个由平行的附接构件行支撑的上层地板层，所述上部地板层被多个可压缩垫支撑在基座的上方，所述附接构件通过紧固结构固定在基座上的预定位置处， 允许在负载条件下向下偏转，但是防止构件在其初始静态位置之外的垂直升高。 当地板被卸载时，附接构件以不将垫保持在预压缩状态的方式锚定。 紧固件结构可以包括一个，两个或三个构件。 单个构件紧固件结构特别适用于以比安装新地板的成本低得多的成本对已经安装的地板进行再施工或改造，并且一体式紧固件结构也可适用于便携式地板。

公开(公告)号：US5465548A

公开(公告)日：1995-11-14

申请号：US366685

申请日：1994-12-30

Applicant: Michael W. Niese

Inventor： Michael W. Niese

IPC: E04F15/22 ,  E04B1/00

CPC classification number: E04F15/22 ,  Y10T29/49623

Abstract: A prefabricated sleeper reduces labor costs associated with installing an anchored, resilient hardwood floor system. The prefabricated sleeper includes an elongated channel, pads located along the channel and an elongated nailing strip supported on the pads within the channel. A plurality of vertical access holes extend through the nailing strip. The pads are removed laterally from the access holes. The access holes enable a fastening gun to be inserted therein and into direct contact with the bottom of the channel to facilitate driving of fasteners through the bottom of the channel and directly into a base below. This prefabricated sleeper is formed by milling an elongated wooden strip to a desired T-shape and then drilling access holes therethrough. Pads are then stapled to the enlarged end of the T-shape, away from the access holes. An elongated sheet of steel is then rolled around the pads and the sides of the nailing strip to form a C-shaped channel thereabout.

Abstract translation: 预制卧铺减少了与安装锚定弹性硬木地板系统相关的人工成本。 预制枕木包括细长通道，沿着通道设置的垫，以及支撑在通道内的垫上的细长钉条。 多个垂直通孔延伸穿过钉条。 垫片从进入孔侧向移除。 进入孔使得紧固枪能够插入其中并与通道的底部直接接触，以便于紧固件通过通道的底部并直接进入下方的基座。 这种预制轨枕是通过将细长的木条铣削成所需的T形而形成的，然后钻通过其中的进入孔。 然后将垫子装订到T形的放大端，远离进入孔。 然后将细长的钢板卷绕在垫片和钉条的侧面上以在其周围形成C形通道。

公开(公告)号：US5433052A

公开(公告)日：1995-07-18

申请号：US844466

申请日：1992-03-02

Applicant: Michael W. Niese

Inventor： Michael W. Niese

IPC: E04F15/04 ,  E04F15/18 ,  E04B1/62

CPC classification number: E04F15/04 ,  E04F15/18 ,  E04F15/182 ,  E04F15/225 ,  E04F2201/01 ,  E04F2201/0107 ,  E04F2201/023 ,  E04F2201/0505

Abstract: A hardwood floor system has upper and lower subfloors of wooden panels, a plurality of elongated floorboards disposed above the upper subfloor and a plurality of uniformly spaced compressible, deflectable pads supporting the lower subfloor above a base, with at least one kerfed surface in the group of surfaces including the floorboard bottom surface, the upper subfloor surfaces, and the lower subfloor surfaces. In a free-floating embodiment of the invention, each of the pads includes a glide tip that is slidable with respect to the base. This combination of kerfs and compressible, deflectable pads provides a hardwood floor system that substantially complies with the performance characteristics established by the Otto Graf Institut of West Germany for evaluating hardwood floor systems, but in a more economical manner than another embodiment of the invention described in the parent application.

Abstract translation: 硬木地板系统具有木板的上下底板，设置在上部地板下方的多个细长地板，以及多个均匀间隔的可压缩，可偏转的垫，其支撑底座上方的下部底层地板，该组中至少有一个切割面 包括地板底面，上部地板表面和下部地板底面。 在本发明的自由浮动实施例中，每个垫包括可相对于底座滑动的滑动顶端。 这种切口和可压缩的可偏转垫片的组合提供了硬木地板系统，其基本上符合西德奥托格拉夫研究所为评估硬木地板系统而建立的性能特征，但是以比本文中描述的本发明的另一实施例更经济的方式 父应用程序。

公开(公告)号：US4890434A

公开(公告)日：1990-01-02

申请号：US308243

申请日：1989-02-08

Applicant: Michael W. Niese

Inventor： Michael W. Niese

IPC: E04F15/04 ,  E04F15/18

CPC classification number: E04F15/04 ,  E04F15/18 ,  E04F2201/0107 ,  E04F2201/023 ,  E04F2201/05

Abstract: A hardwood, free floating floor system has upper and lower subfloors of wooden panels with criss-cross kerf patterns formed in either their top or bottom surfaces, a plurality of elongated floorboards disposed above the upper subfloor, the floorboards having transverse kerfs cut in their bottom surfaces, and a plurality of uniformly spaced pads supporting the lower subfloor above a base. The combination of the subfloor kerf patterns, the floorboard kerfs, and the compressible, deflectable pads provides a free floating hardwood floor system which meets the difficult standards established by the Otto Graf Institut of West Germany for assessing a floor's ability to reduce injury and to provide highly consistent performance characteristics.

Abstract translation: 硬木，自由浮动地板系统具有上下底板，具有形成在其顶部或底部表面上的十字形切割图案的木质板，设置在上部地板下方的多个细长地板，地板块在其底部切割横向切口 表面，以及多个均匀间隔的垫，其支撑在底座上方的下部底层地板。 底层地板切口图案，地板切口和可压缩的可偏转垫片的组合提供了一个自由浮动硬木地板系统，该系统符合西德奥托格拉夫研究所制定的困难标准，用于评估地板减少伤害的能力，并提供 高度一致的性能特点。

公开(公告)号：US4831806A

公开(公告)日：1989-05-23

申请号：US162088

申请日：1988-02-29

Applicant: Michael W. Niese ,  James H. Stoehr

Inventor： Michael W. Niese ,  James H. Stoehr

IPC: E04F15/18

CPC classification number: E04F15/18 ,  E04F15/186

Abstract: A free floating hard wood floor system has upper and lower subfloors sandwiched to provide a monolithic panel system which supports the floorboards with optimum rigidity and integrity at a reduced cost. The upper subfloor has grooves milled in the bottom surface with flat clinching strips received within the grooves. The floorboards are disposed above the upper subfloor and secured thereto by a plurality of clinching nails extending through the florboards, the upper subfloor and into the upper subfloor after deflecting on said clinching strips.

Abstract translation: 自由浮动硬木地板系统具有夹层的上下底板，提供了一种整体式面板系统，其以降低的成本支撑具有最佳刚性和完整性的地板。 上底板具有在底表面上铣削的槽，槽中容纳有平的夹紧条。 地板块设置在上部底层地板上方，并通过多个铆钉钉固定在其上，多个铆钉钉在偏转在所述夹紧条上之后延伸穿过花盘，上部地板底板和上部地板底板。