Molding track for carpeting
AssigneeRaumausstattung Willi Schafer
InventorsWilli Schafer, Gunther Sepp
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Abstract
The invention concerns a molding track for the installation of carpet molding trim. It possesses an asymmetrical two-lipped profile, one lip of which is fastened to the wall. The molding trim is fastened flush with the floor to the other lip, led upward around this lip, which is elastically prestressed in the direction of the wall, and clamped firmly. Electrical wiring can be installed subsequently in the hollow spaces provided for this purose. The profile can be manufactured of recycled material.
Claims15
A molding track for the installation of carpet trim for a carpet of a given thickness, comprising an asymmetric profile composed of an elastic material and having
- an upright front lip over which said carpet can be placed and folded;
- an upright rear lip spaced from and shorter than said front lip but having a height which is slightly more than half the height of said front lip;
- a floor having a width slightly greater than said thickness connecting bases of said lips and lying generally perpendicular thereto, rounded fillets being formed between said lips and said floor internally of said profile;
- means forming an anchor chamber on said rear lip of generally square cross section, of a width approximately equal to said thickness, and at a location generally between a middle and upper third of the height of said rear lip for receiving a fastener traversing said front lip in a region of contact between said front lip and said chamber, said rear lip being generally flat except for said anchor chamber, said front lip being resiliently biased toward surface engagement with said chamber in said region;
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- an overhang projecting by substantially half said thickness downwardly generally perpendicularly to said floor in a plane of said front lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.