Covering module and anchor sheet

A covering module for transportation to a surface to be covered and for attachment to additional modules to form a finished decorative surface comprising:

• at least one decorative covering having an upper decorative surface and an opposite lower surface, a non-decorative anchor sheet having an upper surface, the decorative covering attached across a substantial portion of its lower surface to the non-decorative anchor sheet and the anchor sheet dimensioned so that, after attachment of the decorative covering to the anchor sheet, there is provided an overlap area of lower surface of the decorative covering exposed along one edge of the module, which overlap area is provided with means for detachable attachment of such module to an adjoining module by attachment to an overlap area of the upper surface of an anchor sheet attached to an adjoining module.

A covering module for transportation to a surface to be covered and for attachment to additional modules to form a finished decorative surface comprising:

• a decorative covering having an upper decorative surface and an opposite lower surface, a non-decorative anchor sheet having an upper surface, the decorative covering attached to the non-decorative anchor sheet and the anchor sheet dimensioned so that, after attachment of the decorative covering to the anchor sheet, there are provided first overlap areas of upper surface of anchor sheet exposed along at least two adjacent edges of the module, and second overlap areas of lower surface of decorative covering exposed along at least two edges opposite the first overlap areas, which overlap areas are provided with means for detachable attachment of such module to an adjoining module by attachment to an overlap area of an adjoining module by means of a complementary hook and look attachment system.

An anchor sheet for detachable attachment of decorative coverings to a rigid supporting substrate, the decorative coverings having a finished surface and an opposite surface substantially covered in loops, comprising:

• a thin flexible sheet substantially covered with hooks on a surface facing the looped surface of the flexible decorative covering and placed intermediate between the covering and the supporting substrate, the sheet substantially covering the supporting substrate under the covering and having, in combination with the covering, sufficient rigidity and mass to support the covering from buckling of the covering across the entire surface of the covering when the covering is attached to the anchor sheet and laid onto the substrate.

An anchor sheet for attachment of decorative sheet covering having a reverse face substantially covered in loops, comprising:

• a thin flexible anchor sheet having an upper face substantially covered with hooks, located intermediate to the covering and the supporting substrate with the hooks in releasable engagement with the loops of the sheet covering, one or more sheets being installed side-by-side substantially to cover the supporting substrate under the covering, wherein the sheet and covering together have sufficient rigidity to support the system against buckling forces on the covering when laid on the substrate.

A covering module comprising:

• (a) a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet having an upper surface of the anchor sheet covered substantially with hooks
• (b) a decorative covering for placement over the anchor sheet having a decorative finished upper surface and a lower surface substantially covered with loops and in which the lower surface of the decorative covering is detachably attached in a predetermined relationship to the upper surface of the anchor sheet by means of at least some of the hooks and loops so that the decorative covering on the anchor sheet overlaps the anchor sheet by a predetermined amount to permit interlocking between the decorative covering and an adjacent anchor sheet
• (c) removable hook covering on the upper surface of the anchor sheet to prevent the premature attachment of the hooks on the upper surface of that anchor sheet to the loops on the lower surface of an overlaying decorative covering.