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US 12,448,778 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.
Claims14
A stair nose molding, comprising:
- a laminate flooring plank including,
- a wood base,
- an image layer disposed on the wood base,
- a wear layer disposed over the image layer, wherein the image layer and wear layer are fused to the wood base using a lamination process,
- a first groove formed in the laminate flooring plank, wherein the first groove includes a first triangular portion of the laminate flooring plank remaining in the bottom of the first groove,
- a second groove formed in the laminate flooring plank parallel to the first groove, wherein the second groove includes a second triangular portion of the laminate flooring plank remaining in the bottom of the second groove, and wherein a distance between the first groove and second groove is configured to be greater than a thickness of a stair tread;
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- an adhesive disposed in the first groove, wherein the laminate flooring plank is folded to an approximately 90-degree angle at the first groove.
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A molding, comprising:
- a piece of flooring;
- a first groove formed in the piece of flooring, wherein a first triangular portion of the piece of flooring remains in the first groove;
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- a second groove formed in the piece of flooring parallel to the first groove, wherein a second triangular portion of the piece of flooring remains in the second groove, and wherein a distance between the first groove and second groove is configured to be greater than a thickness of a stair tread.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.