Anchor sheet framework and subflooring
OwnerJoseph Rocco Pacioneinventor
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Abstract
An anchor sheet subfloor that includes a laminate having an upper layer of relatively thin flexible rigid sheet material and a bottom layer of a relatively resilient cushioning material. The upper sheet layer can be formed of a plastic or polymer material. In one arrangement, the sheet can be cut and fit within the boundaries of a room and the sheet has sufficient rigidity and mass to remain without distortion or buckling within the room by free floating on the existing floor without substantial attachment to the floor. It can be possible for a sheet to be cut and fit on site to fit the contours of a room to form by itself or in combination with other anchor sheets a free floating smooth subfloor on which can be overlaid decorative covering pieces.
Claims18
An anchor sheet for locating a decorative covering on a rigid supporting substrate in which the decorative covering has a finished surface and an opposite surface substantially covered in loops, the anchor sheet comprising:
- a thin rigid sheet being at least 10 mils thick and made from a polymer;
- hooks substantially covering a side of the rigid sheet for detachable attachment to the looped surface of the decorative covering;
- the rigid sheet having properties such that when combined with the covering, it has sufficient rigidity and mass to prevent the covering from buckling when the sheet is laid without attachment onto the supporting substrate intermediate the decorative covering and the supporting substrate.
An anchor sheet and decorative covering combination comprising:
- at least two thin rigid sheets laid side by side, each being at least 10 mils thick and made from a polymer;
- hooks substantially covering the same side of each rigid sheet for detachable attachment to a looped surface;
- a decorative covering having a finished surface and an opposite surface substantially covered in loops, and being attached to at least one of the rigid sheets;
- the combination having sufficient rigidity and mass to prevent the combination from buckling when the rigid sheets are laid onto the supporting substrate intermediate the decorative covering and the supporting substrate.
An anchor sheet and decorative covering combination comprising:
- a thin rigid sheet being at least 10 mils thick and made from a polymer;
- hooks substantially covering a side of the rigid sheet for detachable attachment to a looped surface;
- at least two decorative coverings each having a finished surface and an opposite surface substantially covered in loops, the coverings being attached side by side to the rigid sheet;
- the combination having, sufficient rigidity and mass to prevent the combination from buckling when the rigid sheet is laid onto the supporting substrate intermediate the decorative coverings and the supporting substrate.
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