Carpet tiling system & method of installation
OwnerFrank Tortorella, Robert J. Sandlin +1inventors
InventorsFrank Tortorella, Robert J. Sandlin, Roxanne M. Charnock
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a new type of floating carpet for covering any size surface, including entire rooms, by interlocking carpet covered bases on which resides a layer of carpet where each portion of the multiple tiles forming the carpet is a flat plastic base with side interlocking mechanisms made of male and mating female connectors to allow for the rapid design and installation of a modular layer of carpeting over existing surfaces, and more specifically multiple rectangular tiles each with a polymeric base on which is attached a piece of carpet for quick interlocking of side locking mechanisms on the polymeric base to secure adjacent carpet tiles into a carpet over a surface.
Claims19
A carpet tile, comprising:
- a horizontal interlocking tray having an outer horizontal edge with at least a male connector and a female connector, where the area defined within the outer edge is a plate with an underside for laying down the carpet tile on a flat surface and an upper side opposite to the underside;
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- a textured carpet attached to the upper side of horizontal interlocking tray for securing the carpet to the flat interlocking tray;
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- wherein the male connector and the female connector on the outer horizontal edge are designed to interlock each with a different adjacent carpet tile laid down on the flat surface.
A removable carpet, comprising:
- a plurality of carpet tiles, each tile including a horizontal interlocking tray having an outer horizontal edge with at least a male connector and a female connector, where the area defined within the outer edge is a plate with an underside for laying down the carpet tile on a flat surface and an upper side opposite to the underside, and a textured carpet attached to the upper side of the horizontal interlocking tray for securing the carpet to the flat interlocking tray, and wherein the male connector and the female connector on the outer horizontal edge are designed to interlock each with a different adjacent carpet tile laid down on the flat surface;
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- at least a rim with at least a mating male connector for the female connector of one of the carpet tiles, and a mating female connector for the male connector of one of the carpet tiles.
A method of installing a removable carpet comprising a multitude of individual carpet tiles, each tile comprising a horizontal interlocking tray having an outer horizontal edge with at least a male connector and a female connector, where the area defined within the outer edge is a plate with an underside for laying down the carpet tile on a flat surface and an upper side opposite to the underside, and a textured carpet attached to the upper side of the horizontal interlocking tray for securing the carpet to the flat interlocking tray, and wherein the male connector and the female connector on the outer horizontal edge are designed to interlock each with a different adjacent carpet tile laid down on the flat surface, the method comprising the following steps:
- sweep or vacuum the horizontal surface;
- determine the best place to start the installation;
- start installation at one corner of the room;
- measure the width and length of the room to determine the overall dimension of the room in order to know how many full tiles can be installed;
- determine how many tiles are needed by rounding up to cover a surface greater than the measured surface;
- place in succession a plurality of tiles on the ground based on a marking;
- lay the first two tiles flat on the floor;
- line up the interlocking male and female connectors of adjacent tiles tabs;
- press together firmly until they snap;
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- continue snapping together new tiles until the desired removable carpet is complete.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.