公开(公告)号：US20240295129A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-05

申请号：US18568236

申请日：2022-05-31

Applicant: Altro Limited

Inventor： Arunas Janusis ,  Darren Gray

IPC: E04F15/16 ,  B32B3/06 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B5/18 ,  B32B27/12 ,  B32B27/32

CPC classification number: E04F15/163 ,  B32B3/06 ,  B32B3/30 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B5/18 ,  B32B27/12 ,  B32B27/32 ,  B32B2255/10 ,  B32B2266/025 ,  B32B2307/412 ,  B32B2307/744 ,  B32B2471/00 ,  E04F2201/07

Abstract: A welded synthetic floor-covering material which is formed from one or more adjacent pairs of flooring elements wherein each adjacent pair of flooring elements is welded together by a symmetrical lower weld which engages each flooring element substantially equally; and wherein the symmetrical lower weld is substantially free from a metallic element; and a method of preparing a welded synthetic floor-covering material having a layout suitable for covering a pre-determined area wherein the welded synthetic floor-covering material comprises one or more adjacent pairs of flooring elements which have a floor-engaging lower surface and wherein the method comprises the following steps: (a) providing a floor plan for the pre-determined area wherein the floor plan defines a layout of flooring elements including positions of one or more welds; (b) providing a length of flooring and forming a groove on the floor-engaging surface of the flooring at the position of each of the one or more welds; (c) cutting the length of flooring to form the one or more adjacent pairs of flooring elements; and (d) arranging the flooring elements according to the layout and welding together each of the one or more adjacent pairs of flooring elements to form a symmetrical lower weld which engages each flooring element substantially equally such that the welded synthetic floor-covering material is formed.