Pull bar for click-and-lock flooring systems
OwnerAyad S Alkhafajiinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a pull bar and method for using the pull bar. The pull bar is used to pull together flooring boards that utilize a click-and-lock system. A handle is rigidly connected at an angle to a tapping block. A puller is rigidly connected to the underside of the tapping block. The puller has an angled lip that extends downward from the tapping block. A hook is connected to the angled lip and is for hooking a flooring board.
Claims14
A pull bar for pulling together flooring boards utilizing a click-and-lock connection system, said pull bar comprising:
- A. a tapping block,
- B. a handle rigidly connected at an angle to said tapping block, and
- C. a puller rigidly connected to said tapping block, said puller comprising:
- i. a lip extending downward from said tapping block wherein said lip is an angled lip that extends downward and is angled away from said tapping block, and
- ii. a hook connected to said lip, said hook for hooking one of said flooring boards
- wherein each of said flooring boards comprises a groove side having a lower groove edge and an upper groove edge, wherein said angled lip contacts said upper groove edge and said lower groove edge so that a strike on said tapping block would be absorbed by both said upper groove edge and said lower groove edge.
A method for using a pull bar for pulling together a first flooring board and a second flooring board utilizing a click-and-lock connection system, each flooring board comprising a tongue side and a groove side, said method comprising the steps of:
- A. placing said tongue side of said first flooring board next to said groove side of said second flooring board,
- B. setting a pull bar on top of said first flooring board, said pull bar comprising:
- i. a tapping block,
- ii. a handle rigidly connected at an angle to said tapping block, and
- iii. a puller rigidly connected to said tapping block, said puller comprising:
- a. a lip extending downward from said tapping block, and
- b. a hook connected to said lip, said hook for hooking a lower groove edge of said first flooring board,
- C. pushing downwards on said handle to raise said first flooring board to an insertion angle,
- D. tapping said tapping block with a blunt instrument to lock said first flooring board to said second flooring board,
- E. locking said first flooring board to said second flooring board, and
- F. removing said pull bar from said first flooring board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.