Modular flooring systems and methods
    1.
    发明授权
    Modular flooring systems and methods 失效
    模块化地板系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06694689B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-02-24

    申请号:US09622072

    申请日:2000-10-04

    IPC分类号: E04B1308

    摘要: Modular flooring systems and methods using at least one free-lay support module. The free-lay support module includes a baseplate and a frame member having a first arm and a second arm that meet and form an angle. Replaceable wear surface modules with or without a backing structure fit within the baseplate. The top of frame partially overlays the replaceable wear surface modules that my be carpet, carpet tile, vinyl flooring, wood flooring, wood parquet flooring or a variety of other materials. In still another embodiment, this invention provides for a free-lay support module that is self-contouring or self-leveling. In yet another embodiment this invention provides a replaceable wear surface modular flooring structure utilizing floor grid members having a “horizontal arm” and a “vertical arm”, each of which are in the form of an open U-shaped channel. A trim member has a decorative upper surface and any of a variety of cross-sectional shapes with downward facing members that engage the floor grid members providing a decorative and protective cap on the top of such grid members. In still another embodiment, power systems, communications systems, and/or cable systems reside within the channels.

    摘要翻译: 使用至少一个自由铺设支撑模块的模块化地板系统和方法。 自由躺椅支撑模块包括底板和框架构件,该框架构件具有相交并形成角度的第一臂和第二臂。 具有或不具有背衬结构的可更换的磨损表面模块装配在基板内。 框架顶部部分覆盖了我的地毯,地毯,乙烯基地板,木地板,木地板或各种其他材料的可更换的磨损表面模块。 在另一个实施例中,本发明提供了一种自动铺设支撑模块,其是自动轮廓或自流平的。 在另一个实施例中,本发明提供一种可替换的耐磨面模块化地板结构,其利用具有“水平臂”和“垂直臂”的地板网格构件,每个都是开放的U形通道的形式。 装饰构件具有装饰性上表面和各种横截面形状中的任一种,其具有向下的构件,其接合地板网格构件,在该格栅构件的顶部上提供装饰和保护盖。 在另一个实施例中,电力系统,通信系统和/或电缆系统驻留在信道内。

    System and method for floor covering installation
    2.
    发明授权
    System and method for floor covering installation 无效
    地板安装的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US07464510B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-16

    申请号:US11018947

    申请日:2004-12-21

    IPC分类号: E04B2/00

    摘要: 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 under lying floor surface.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接相邻模块化地板覆盖单元的连接器。 连接器包括膜和涂覆在膜的一侧上的粘合剂层。 为了使用连接器安装瓦片,将第一瓦片放置在地板上,并且连接器被定位成使得粘合剂层面向上并且不接触地板。 连接器通常被定位成使得只有一部分粘合剂层粘附到瓦片的下侧,使得连接器的其余部分从瓦片的下侧延伸。 然后将瓷砖定位在第一瓦片附近,使得连接器的一部分粘附到相邻的瓦片。 以这种方式,连接器跨越相邻的瓦片边缘。 瓦片被组装在下面的地板表面上,而不需要将它们附着在地板表面上。 相反,瓦片通过连接器彼此连接,使得瓦片产生“漂浮”在躺下的地板表面上的地板覆盖物。

    System and method for floor covering installation
    4.
    发明授权
    System and method for floor covering installation 失效
    地板安装的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US08381473B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-26

    申请号:US12270129

    申请日:2008-11-13

    IPC分类号: E04B2/00 E04B5/00 E04B9/00

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接相邻模块化地板覆盖单元的连接器。 连接器包括膜和涂覆在膜的一侧上的粘合剂层。 为了使用连接器安装瓦片,将第一瓦片放置在地板上,并且连接器被定位成使得粘合剂层面向上并且不接触地板。 连接器通常被定位成使得只有一部分粘合剂层粘附到瓦片的下侧,使得连接器的其余部分从瓦片的下侧延伸。 然后将瓷砖定位在第一瓦片附近,使得连接器的一部分粘附到相邻的瓦片。 以这种方式,连接器跨越相邻的瓦片边缘。 瓦片被组装在下面的地板表面上,而不需要将它们附着在地板表面上。 相反,瓦片通过连接器彼此连接,使得瓦片产生漂浮在下面的地板表面上的地板覆盖物。

    TACTILES CONNECTOR
    5.
    发明申请
    TACTILES CONNECTOR 失效
    TACTILES连接器

    公开(公告)号:US20130014460A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-17

    申请号:US13595487

    申请日:2012-08-27

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接相邻模块化地板覆盖单元的连接器。 连接器包括膜和涂覆在膜的一侧上的粘合剂层。 为了使用连接器安装瓦片,将第一瓦片放置在地板上,并且连接器被定位成使得粘合剂层面向上并且不接触地板。 连接器通常被定位成使得只有一部分粘合剂层粘附到瓦片的下侧,使得连接器的其余部分从瓦片的下侧延伸。 然后将瓷砖定位在第一瓦片附近,使得连接器的一部分粘附到相邻的瓦片。 以这种方式,连接器跨越相邻的瓦片边缘。 瓦片被组装在下面的地板表面上,而不需要将它们附着在地板表面上。

    Random installation carpet tiles
    6.
    发明授权
    Random installation carpet tiles 有权
    随机安装地毯瓷砖

    公开(公告)号:US07601413B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-10-13

    申请号:US11433977

    申请日:2006-05-15

    IPC分类号: B32B3/14 B32B33/00

    摘要: Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place.

    摘要翻译: 具有图案和配色方案的地毯瓦片消除了相对于彼此定向瓦片的需要。 瓦片呈现正交的模糊性,意味着它们可以相对于相邻的瓦片以任何并排的方向铺设,而不会偏离普通观众的位置,从而仍然实现连续性的外观,如宽幅地毯。 每个瓷砖都具有一些具有一些直边的形状图案,并且看起来是随机地定位的,而是以平行于地毯砖边的一些直边定向。 形状由颜色或颜色的组合形成,使得每个瓦片上的相邻形状具有至少一种共同的颜色。 此外,每个瓦片具有与每隔一个瓦片共同的至少一种颜色,使得当瓦片铺设时,相邻瓦片上的颜色协调。 所有的颜色都具有相似的强度,因此没有一种颜色将显着脱离其他颜色。 此外,由于每个瓦片上的图案看起来是随机的,所以瓦片在任何并排方向上放置在地板上简单地产生更大的,显然是随机的图案,使得任何瓦片不可能看不到位置。

    System and Method for Floor Covering Installation
    7.
    发明申请
    System and Method for Floor Covering Installation 失效
    地板安装的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20090094919A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-16

    申请号:US12270129

    申请日:2008-11-13

    IPC分类号: E04F15/22

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接相邻模块化地板覆盖单元的连接器。 连接器包括膜和涂覆在膜的一侧上的粘合剂层。 为了使用连接器安装瓦片,将第一瓦片放置在地板上,并且连接器被定位成使得粘合剂层面向上并且不接触地板。 连接器通常被定位成使得只有一部分粘合剂层粘附到瓦片的下侧,使得连接器的其余部分从瓦片的下侧延伸。 然后将瓷砖定位在第一瓦片附近,使得连接器的一部分粘附到相邻的瓦片。 以这种方式,连接器跨越相邻的瓦片边缘。 瓦片被组装在下面的地板表面上,而不需要将它们附着在地板表面上。 相反,瓦片通过连接器彼此连接,使得瓦片产生“漂浮”在下面的地板表面上的地板覆盖物。

    System for carpet tile installation
    9.
    发明授权
    System for carpet tile installation 失效
    地毯瓦片安装系统

    公开(公告)号:US08434282B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-07

    申请号:US13595487

    申请日:2012-08-27

    IPC分类号: E04B2/00 E04B5/00 E04B9/00

    摘要: 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.

    摘要翻译: 用于连接相邻模块化地板覆盖单元的连接器。 连接器包括膜和涂覆在膜的一侧上的粘合剂层。 为了使用连接器安装瓦片,将第一瓦片放置在地板上,并且连接器被定位成使得粘合剂层面向上并且不接触地板。 连接器通常被定位成使得只有一部分粘合剂层粘附到瓦片的下侧,使得连接器的其余部分从瓦片的下侧延伸。 然后将瓷砖定位在第一瓦片附近,使得连接器的一部分粘附到相邻的瓦片。 以这种方式,连接器跨越相邻的瓦片边缘。 瓦片被组装在下面的地板表面上,而不需要将它们附着在地板表面上。

    CARPET TILES AND CARPET TILE INSTALLATIONS
    10.
    发明申请
    CARPET TILES AND CARPET TILE INSTALLATIONS 失效
    地毯和地毯安装

    公开(公告)号:US20110107720A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-05-12

    申请号:US12814654

    申请日:2010-06-14

    IPC分类号: E04B5/00 B32B3/02 B26D3/00

    摘要: Certain embodiments utilize carpet tiles of varying sizes and/or shapes that are connected together using connectors to form a carpet tile installation. In some instances, the carpet tiles used in the carpet tile installation have different colors, patterns, shapes, and/or styles. In some embodiments, carpet tiles of a standard size and shape, such as one-half square meter carpet tiles, are partitioned into carpet tile fractions. In certain embodiments, these carpet tile fractions are used in conjunction with larger carpet tiles in a carpet tile installation. In other embodiments, these carpet tile fractions may be connected to other carpet tile fractions to form a combination carpet tile that is then used in a carpet tile installation. Among other things, the use of different sized and/or shaped carpet tiles increases the randomness or diversity and/or improves other aspects of the appearance of the floor coverings formed by the carpet tile installations.

    摘要翻译: 某些实施例使用不同尺寸和/或形状的地毯,其使用连接器连接在一起以形成地毯砖安装。 在某些情况下,用于地毯瓦片安装中的地毯瓦片具有不同的颜色,图案,形状和/或风格。 在一些实施例中,将标准尺寸和形状的地毯瓦片(例如半平方米的地毯瓦片)分割成地毯瓦片部分。 在某些实施方案中,这些地毯砖部分与地毯砖安装中的较大的地毯砖结合使用。 在其它实施例中,这些地毯砖部分可以连接到其它地毯砖部分以形成然后在地毯砖安装中使用的组合地毯砖。 除其他之外,使用不同尺寸和/或形状的地毯砖增加了由地毯砖装置形成的地板覆盖物的外观的随机性或多样性和/或改进其它方面。