Three dimensional stringer pads for carpeted staircases

A three dimensional stringer pad for use in carpeting a staircase which has a plurality of adjacent treads and risers which are substantially orthogonal to each other with a stringer abutting the treads and risers having a stringer surface lying in a third plane, said stringer surface being substantially orthogonal to the treads and risers, said stringer pad comprising:

• a length of relatively rigid material having a generally toothed profile comprised of a plurality of first and second substantially orthogonal edges, said material having a first substantially planar surface and a second surface which has a plurality of billows, each billow lying between a first and second substantially orthogonal edge and projecting outwardly from said third plane, such that when said planar surface is placed against the surface of the stringer, said plurality of first and second substantially orthogonal edges substantially abut respective treads and risers and carpeting applied to the stringer is caused to billow between the treads and risers outwardly from stringer surface.

A method for applying carpet to the stinger of a staircase having at least one tread and one riser, said method comprising:

• applying a stinger pad to the stinger, the stinger pad having a substantially flat surface which abuts the stringer and a billowing surface which lies between the tread and riser and projects outwardly in a third plane when the stringer pad is applied to the stringer;
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• applying carpet to the stringer such that the stringer pad is interposed between the carpet and the stringer such that the carpet billows out from the stringer between the tread and riser and projects outwardly from said stringer surface.