Abstract:
Connectors for joining adjacent modular floor covering units. The connectors include a film and an adhesive layer coated on one side of the film. To install tiles using the connectors, a first tile is placed on the floor and a connector is positioned so that the adhesive layer faces upward and does not contact the floor. The connector is typically positioned so that only a portion of the adhesive layer adheres to the underside of the tile, leaving the remainder of the connector extending from the underside of the tile. Tiles are then positioned adjacent the first tile so that a portion of the connector adheres to the adjacent tiles. In this way, the connectors span adjacent tile edges. The tiles are assembled on a underlying flooring surface without the need to attach them to the floor surface. Rather, the tiles are linked to each other with the connectors, so that the tiles create a floor covering that “floats” on the underlying floor surface.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a double-layered floor plank sheet having a non-adhesive portion, more particularly to a floor plank sheet enabling adjustment of position during installation. When the upper layer of a floor plank sheet is bonded to the lower layer of another floor plank sheet, a non-adhesive portion formed in part of an adhesive portion enables the adjustment of position.
Abstract:
A panelling system preferably for floors is defined by a series of panels each formed of a plurality of tongue and groove main floor plank strips arranged side edge to side edge and cut to a common length with a tongue along one cut edge and a groove along the other. At the edges are attached edge strips formed also from the flooring planks with tongue and groove and fastened together to form a common panel member for transportation and installation. The outwardly facing edge of each edge has a tongue or groove for mating with a groove or tongue of a next adjacent panel. The strips are fastened by pins from the rear or by a bonded sheet material on the rear.
Abstract:
A joint system having a flexible spring located in a horizontal groove of a panel, the spring having an inner flexible part and being displaceable horizontally in the groove.
Abstract:
Connectors for joining adjacent modular floor covering units. Embodiments of the connectors include a film and an adhesive layer coated on one side of the film. The connectors can have a conductive component that allows electrical continuity to be maintained between adjacent tiles. In yet another embodiment, the connectors can be equipped as radio frequency identification tags by including radio frequency transponders. To install tiles using the connectors, a first tile is placed on the floor and a connector is positioned so that the adhesive layer faces upward and does not contact the floor. The connector is typically positioned so that only a portion of the adhesive layer adheres to the underside of the tile, leaving the remainder of the connector extending from the underside of the tile. One or more tiles are then positioned adjacent the first tile so that a portion of the connector adheres to the adjacent tiles. In this way, the connectors span adjacent tile edges. The tiles are assembled on an underlying flooring surface without the need to attach them to the floor surface. Rather, the tiles are linked to each other with the connectors, so that the tiles create a floor covering that “floats” on the underlying floor surface. Additionally, the tiles need not be installed directly on the floor surface. Rather, an underlayment, such as a film or cushion or cushion composite, may be positioned on the floor surface prior to the installation of tiles.
Abstract:
Floorboards (1, 1′) are shown, which are provided with a mechanical locking system consisting of a separately machined locking strip (6) which is mechanically joined with the floorboard (1), the locking strip (6) being designed for mechanical fixing to the floorboard (1) by means of a joint, which is operable by snapping-in and/or inward angling, and the locking strip (6) being designed to connect the floorboard (1) with the essentially identical floorboard (1′) by at least inward angling. Moreover, a locking strip, a strip blank, a set of parts for making a floorboard and methods for manufacturing a floorboard and a locking strip, respectively, are shown.
Abstract:
Panels or boards comprise laterally mounted locking elements that can be inter-connected laterally in a positive fit, without the use of adhesive. The locking elements are designed to be connected in an initial position in which the panels are interlocked at least in one direction in a positive fit and a certain amount of play occurs in the common joint of the two panels. The panels may then be shifted, in a parallel direction relative to the common joint, to final position in which there is no play in the common joint and the panels are interconnected without the use of adhesive.
Abstract:
Panels to be engaged with each other through a locking element, comprising board (1) and locking element (2), adjacent said boards (1) engaging with each other through said locking element (2); a groove (3) is formed in the vertical direction at each of the coupling parts of the adjacent strip boards (1); said locking element (2) comprises two tenons (4) extending from the bottom plate of the locking element (2); the positions and the shapes of the two tenons (4) correspond to the said grooves (3); when assembling the said boards (1) and said locking element (2), said tenons (4) are engaged in the grooves (3) respectively, thus the adjacent boards (1) are connected with each other through the locking element (2). The panels to be engaged with each other according to present invention are simple in structure and is easy to install and remove, and therefore could greatly save materials.
Abstract:
Apparatuses for installing a wood floor at a job site. The apparatuses are configured as start courses, finish courses, or border courses for the wood floor. In one embodiment, the courses comprise hardwood tongue and groove strips or hardwood tongue and groove planks fastened together prior to installation in the floor. A preferred embodiment uses adhesive lamination of the tongue and groove of adjacent boards such as strips and planks. A method of installing a hardwood floor includes the step of using at least one start course, at least one finish course, or at least one border course as disclosed in this application. A hardwood floor according to one embodiment of the present invention includes at least one start course, at least one finish course, or at least one border course as disclosed in this application.
Abstract:
A floor panel for forming a floor. In one embodiment, the floor panel includes a body portion having a first end, an opposite, second end, a male coupling portion protruding from the first end and having a convex surface portion and a concave groove formed on the convex surface portion, and a female coupling portion protruding from the second end and having a concave surface portion complementary to the convex surface portion of the male coupling portion such that, as assembled, the male coupling portion of a floor panel is received in and engaged with the female coupling portion of an adjacent floor panel, whereby an adhesive channel corresponding to the concave groove is formed by the convex surface portion of the male coupling portion and the corresponding concave surface portion.