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AssigneeMorrow Associated Enterprises
InventorsDarrell R. Morrow, Leslie D. Morrow
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A carpet securement includes a polymeric body with a longitudally extending groove in its bottom surface. Tacks or other fasteners protrude upwardly through the body. The tackheads or other drive elements of the fasteners may be lodged within the groove and serve as a bearing element to help support that portion of the body bridging the groove. The body may also be provided with a downwardly projecting riblike support rail inside the groove to help support the body. A groove minimizes the weight of a polymer incorporated in the securement body and further permits flush seating of the fasteners without localized overstressing of the polymer. In an extrusion process useful in making the body or other polymeric elements, sizing dies are provided with devices for maintaining a fluid film between an extrudate passed through the die and the contact surfaces of the die itself.
A carpet securement comprising a polymeric body in the form of an elongated strip having top and bottom surfaces and lateral edges bounding said surfaces, said body further including a longitudinally-extending groove in said bottom surface, said bottom surface of said body having a pair of substantially coplanar lands extending longitudinally on opposite sides of said groove and adapted to bear on a floor when the securement is disposed on a floor, the securement further including bearing means for engaging a floor within said groove to thereby support said body when the carpet securement is disposed on a floor, the securement further comprising carpet engaging means for engaging a carpet overlying said top surface, said carpet-engaging means including a plurality of fasteners having shanks protruding above said top surface, said fasteners having drive elements positioned in said groove and being disposed so that they can engage a floor when the fastener is disposed on a floor, whereby said drive elements of said fasteners will serve to support said body between said lands, said bearing means including said drive elements of said fasteners.
A carpet securement comprising a polymeric body in the form of an elongated strip having top and bottom surfaces and lateral edges bounding said surfaces, said body further including a longitudinally-extending groove in said bottom surface, said bottom surface of said body having a pair of substantially coplanar lands extending longitudinally on opposite sides of said groove and adapted to bear on a floor when the securement is disposed on the floor, the securement further including bearing means for engaging a floor within said groove to thereby support said body when the carpet securement is disposed on the floor, said groove having a top surface said body having an elongated support rail protruding downwardly from said top surface within said groove, said support rail having a bottom surface substantially coplanar with said lands for engaging a floor when the securement is disposed on a floor, said bearing means also including said support rail, the securement further including fasteners having shanks protruding above said top surface for engaging a carpet, said fasteners also having drive elements disposed in said groove.
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