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US 12,662,822 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.
Claims20
A stair nose molding, comprising:
- a first flooring plank including,
- a core,
- a padding layer disposed on a first surface of the core, and
- an image layer disposed on a second surface of the core opposite the first surface;
- a first groove formed through the padding layer and into the first flooring plank, wherein a surface of the padding layer and a surface of the first flooring plank within the first groove are coplanar;
- and
- a second groove formed through the padding layer into the first flooring plank, 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, a padding layer disposed over the core, and an image layer disposed over the core opposite the padding layer;
- and
- a groove formed into the flooring plank, wherein the flooring plank is folded at the groove such that a portion of the core under the groove is bent, and wherein a surface of the padding layer in the groove is coplanar to a surface of the core in the groove.
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;
- and
- 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, and wherein the flooring plank is folded at the groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.