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US 11,350,781 B2Granted
Flooring edge tools
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsDaniel Tumlin, William Drew Pierce, Chavis Williams, John Moore
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Abstract
A hand-held or table-mounted tool for adhering a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The hand-held tool includes a main body, which can include a handle, a base, and a bi-level soleplate, which is heated during application to adhere a flooring edge finish to a flooring edge. The soleplate of the tool can be made of polymer, carbon, metal, ceramic, glass, or a mixture thereof.
Claims12
A flooring edge tool for applying a flooring edge finish to a flooring surface comprising:
- a main body comprising a base having a length L and a first width W1, and a handle or grasping surface;
- a bi-level soleplate coplanar with and coupled to the base, the bi-level soleplate comprising:
- a first section having a first thickness T1, the length L and a second width W2;
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- a second section having a second thickness T2, the length L and a third width W3, wherein T2 is greater than T1 and W3 is approximately equal to W1-W2;
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- a heating element within the main body for heating the bi-level soleplate.
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