Hidden edge for flooring finishing
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsWILLIAM DREW PIERCE, CHRISTOPHER DAVID STEELE, DANIEL JAY TUMLIN
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Abstract
This application discloses a flooring edge finish that includes a flexible strip having an adhesive affixed to a top surface of the flexible strip and a hinge, wherein the hinge is a gap or an absence of the adhesive or a lower amount of the adhesive, on a portion of the top surface of the flexible strip, and wherein the flooring edge finish is upwardly foldable along the hinge to bind, protect, and conceal a flooring edge.
Claims20
A flooring edge finish comprising a flexible strip comprising a hinge and an adhesive affixed to a top surface of the flexible strip, wherein the hinge comprises a gap or an absence of the adhesive or a lower amount of the adhesive than that of other areas of the flexible strip, and wherein the flooring edge finish is upwardly foldable along the hinge to bind, protect, and conceal an edge of a flooring.
A flooring edge finish comprising a flexible strip comprising:
- (a) a first section located at one end of the flexible strip comprising a width of 1¼ inches, which is attachable to a bottom surface of a flooring edge;
- (b) a second section comprising a hinge comprising a width of 1/32 inch, which is adjacent to the first section and applicable to and directly below the flooring edge;
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- (c) a third section located at a second end of the flexible strip comprising a width of ⅛ inch, which is adjacent to the second section and is attachable to a vertical surface of the flooring edge;
- wherein an adhesive is affixed to a top surface of the flexible strip;
- wherein the hinge comprises a gap or absence or a lower amount of adhesive as compared to other sections, along the top surface of the flexible strip, and
- wherein the flexible strip is upwardly foldable along the hinge to bind, protect, and conceal an edge of a flooring.
A method of finishing a flooring edge comprising:
- (a) applying a flooring edge finish comprising a flexible strip comprising an adhesive and a hinge comprising a gap or absence of adhesive or lower amount of adhesive, as compared to other areas of the flexible strip, along a flooring edge;
- (b) bending the hinge upward toward a top surface of the flooring;
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- (c) applying heat, pressure, or a combination thereof to the adhesive to facilitate binding with the flooring edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.