# US 11,305,511 B2 · Engineered floor board

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- Number: US 11,305,511 B2
- Document ID: US11305511B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/966,396
- Filed: 2013-08-14
- Published: 2015-02-19
- Granted: 2022-04-19
- Earliest claimed: 2013-08-14
- Assignees: Boa-Franc S.E.N.C.
- Applicants: Boa-Franc
- Inventors: François Roy; Jonathan Cloutier; Vincent Tanguay
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11305511B2

## CPC

- B32B 7/14: applied in spaced arrangements, e.g. in stripes
- B27G 11/00: Applying adhesives or glue to surfaces of wood to be joined
- B27M 1/08: by multi-step processes
- B27M 3/0026: {characterised by oblong elements connected laterally (B27M3/006 takes precedence; making fencing or the like comprising bars connected by wires B21F29/02; cane or similar material joined by strand or wire twisting B27J1/006)}
- B27M 3/0053: {using glue}
- B27M 3/04: of flooring elements, e.g. parqueting blocks (assembling wooden elements on backings of other substances B32B, {e.g. B32B21/042, E04F15/16; furniture joints F16B12/00})
- B32B 3/16: secured to a flexible backing
- B32B 21/13: all layers being exclusively wood
- B32B 2307/734: Dimensional stability
- Y10T 156/17: Surface bonding means and/or assemblymeans with work feeding or handling means
- Y10T 428/24752: Laterally noncoextensive components
- B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM
- B27G: ACCESSORY MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; TOOLS FOR WORKING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS (tools for grinding B24D; sawing tools B27B33/00; tools for slotting or mortising machines B27F5/02; tools for the manufacture of wood shavings, chips, powder or the like B27L11/00); SAFETY DEVICES FOR WOOD WORKING MACHINES OR TOOLS
- B27M: WORKING OF WOOD NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES B27B - B27L; MANUFACTURE OF SPECIFIC WOODEN ARTICLES
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a flexible sheet of wood strips for use in the fabrication of engineered floor boards or wood sheets and including the machine and method of manufacture of the flexible sheet of wood strips. The wood strips provide a wood floor which has much more stability than a solid wood plank which is much more affected by the temperature in a room and the moisture under the floor board. Also solid wood planks are much more expensive than engineered wood planks where only a very thin layer of quality wood material is utilized. The transverse wood strips are constructed of inferior wood material. Two or more treads of flexible material may be secured transversely to the wood strips to provide additional retention of the wood strips in the flexible sheet.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An engineered floor board comprising a top wood sheet of wood glued to a surface of a flexible sheet of wood strips, said wood strips being elongated wood strips of rectangular cross-section held together in a side-by-side aligned spaced relationship by thermofusable glue droplets, the thermofusable glue droplets being spaced longitudinally apart from one another along flat, opposed side edges of said wood strips, all having the same width between said opposed side edges and collectively interconnecting said wood strips to one another between said opposed side edges in a manner providing a constant spacing between the wood strips, the thermofusable glue droplets all having the same width between said opposed side edges collectively forming a flexible joint providing flexibility to said flexible sheet of wood strips, the thermofusable glue droplets providing a mechanical retention force to retain the wood strips in an interconnected spaced-apart relationship, a gap being defined between interconnected opposed side edges, the gap having a constant width between said opposed side edges and being regularly intersected by said thermofusable glue droplets, said wood strips having a longitudinal axis thereof disposed transverse to a grain orientation axis of said top wood sheet to provide flexibility of said top wood sheet along said grain orientation axis and dimensional stability to said engineered floor board.

### Claim 2

A flexible sheet of wood strips, said wood strips being elongated wood strips of rectangular cross-section held together in a side-by-side aligned spaced relationship by thermofusable glue droplets, the thermofusable glue droplets being spaced longitudinally apart from one another along flat, opposed side edges of said wood strips, all having the same width between said opposed side edges and collectively interconnecting said wood strips to one another between said opposed side edges in a manner providing a constant spacing between the wood strips, the thermofusable glue droplets all having the same width between said opposed side edges collectively forming a flexible joint providing flexibility to said flexible sheet of wood strips, the thermofusable glue droplets providing a mechanical retention force to retain the wood strips in an interconnected spaced-apart relationship.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The flexible sheet of wood strips as claimed in claim 2 wherein said wood strips are formed from resinous wood.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The flexible sheet of wood strips as claimed in claim 2 wherein some of said wood strips are of a wider dimension, said wood strips of wider dimension being positioned at positions along said sheet of wood strips whereby to lie adjacent end edges of said flexible sheet.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The flexible sheet of wood strips as claimed in claim 2, wherein there is further provided a flexible tread to provide retention of said wood strips interconnected by said glue droplets in said flexible sheet.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The flexible sheet of wood strips as claimed in claim 5 wherein said flexible tread is constituted by two or more flexible treads of fiber material secured to an outer face of each said wood strips of said sheet of wood strips and disposed spaced-apart from one another along said flexible joints to retain said wood strips in said aligned spaced relationship.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The flexible sheet of wood strips as claimed in claim 6 wherein said flexible treads of fiber material are polyester fibers impregnated in glue band coatings disposed across said outer face of said wood strips transversely thereto.