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US 12,560,339 B2Granted
Support for radiant covering and floor heating elements
AssigneeProgress Profiles SPA
InventorDennis Bordin
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Abstract
A floor support includes a base having a bottom surface and a top surface; a plurality of bosses arranged in an ordered array on the base, the ordered array configured to provide multiple options for routing an electric heating cable among the plurality of bosses; and a thermal insulation layer adjacent the bottom surface. Each of the plurality of bosses includes an upper surface; a perimeter wall extending from the upper surface to the top surface, the perimeter wall sloping underneath the upper surface; and an interior wall sloping continuously toward an interior of the boss as the interior wall as the interior wall extends from the upper surface to the top surface.
Claims20
A floor support comprising:
- a base having a bottom surface and a top surface;
- a plurality of bosses arranged in an ordered array on the base, the ordered array configured to provide multiple options for routing an electric heating cable among the plurality of bosses, wherein each of the plurality of bosses comprises:
- an upper surface;
- a perimeter wall extending from the upper surface to the top surface, the perimeter wall sloping underneath the upper surface;
- an interior wall extending from the upper surface to the top surface, the interior wall sloping toward an interior of the boss, wherein a first portion of the top surface of the base within the interior of the boss and a second portion of the top surface of the base that is exterior to the perimeter wall are parallel and aligned;
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- at least one adhering low relief to substantially prevent an extraction of a filling material from the boss, wherein the at least one adhering low relief is set within and surrounded by a surface of the interior wall;
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- a thermal insulation layer adjacent the bottom surface of the base and underlying the plurality of bosses, wherein the thermal insulation layer comprises a planar sheet of thermal insulation material.
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A support for heating elements, comprising:
- a thermoplastic body comprising:
- a plurality of planar base portions, each of the planar base portions comprising a top side and a bottom side;
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- a plurality of bosses extending above the plurality of planar base portions, each of the plurality of bosses comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a perimeter wall extending from the upper surface to the top side of a first one of the plurality of planar base portions, the perimeter wall sloping underneath the upper surface along a height of the perimeter wall from the upper surface to the top side;
- an interior wall extending from the upper surface to the top side of a second one of the plurality of planar base portions, the interior wall sloping toward an interior of the boss;
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- at least one adhering low relief to substantially prevent an extraction of a filling material from the boss, wherein the at least one adhering low relief is set within and surrounded by a surface of the interior wall;
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- a thermal insulation layer adjacent the bottom side of the plurality of planar base portions and extending across the thermoplastic body.
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A heating element support comprising:
- a thermoplastic body comprising:
- a plurality of planar base portions, each of the planar base portions comprising a top side and a bottom side;
- a plurality of bosses extending to a first height above the top sides of the plurality of planar base portions, each of the plurality of bosses comprising:
- a substantially planar upper surface;
- a perimeter wall extending from the substantially planar upper surface to the top side of a first one of the plurality of planar base portions, the perimeter wall sloping underneath the substantially planar upper surface;
- an interior wall extending from the substantially planar upper surface to the top side of a second one of the plurality of planar base portions, the interior wall sloping toward an interior of the boss;
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- at least one adhering low relief to substantially prevent an extraction of a filling material from the boss, wherein the at least one adhering low relief is set within and surrounded by a smooth portion of the interior wall;
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- a plurality of channels extending from the top sides of the plurality of planar base portions to a second height above the top sides of the plurality of planar base portions, the second height lower than the first height;
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- a thermal insulation sheet adjacent the bottom side of the plurality of planar base portions, the thermal insulation sheet comprising a non-woven fabric.
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