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US 11,873,645 B2Granted
Luxury vinyl plank stair noses and other moldings
AssigneeFinished Edge Technology LLC
InventorCharles Paul Iannacone, III
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Abstract
A molding is made from a first flooring plank. A first groove is formed into the first flooring plank with a first flat bottom surface. A second groove is formed into the first flooring plank with a second flat bottom surface. The first flooring plank is folded at the first groove and second groove. A second flooring plank is disposed adjacent to the molding. A color and pattern of the first flooring plank and second flooring plank match.
Claims16
A stair nose molding, comprising:
- a first flooring plank including a core and an image layer disposed directly on the core;
- a first groove formed into the first flooring plank with a first flat bottom surface;
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- a second groove formed into the first flooring plank with a second flat bottom surface, wherein the first groove and second groove are formed only partially through the core, and wherein the first flooring plank is folded at the first groove and second groove.
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A molding, comprising:
- a flooring plank including a core and an image layer disposed over the core;
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- a groove formed into the flooring plank, wherein the groove includes a flat bottom surface comprising the core, and wherein the flooring plank is folded at the groove such that the flat bottom surface is bent.
A molding, comprising:
- a flooring plank, wherein the flooring plank includes,
- a core,
- an image layer disposed on a first surface of the core,
- a clearcoat layer disposed on the image layer opposite the core, and
- a padding layer disposed on a second surface of the core opposite the image layer;
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- a groove formed into the flooring plank through the padding layer and into the core, wherein a portion of the core remains at the bottom of the groove extending across an entire width of the groove, wherein the groove includes a flat bottom surface, and wherein the flooring plank is folded at the groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.