Protected flooring
OwnerMike A. Scharpfinventor
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Abstract
The invention provides a barrier means for a wooden flooring, especially useful for truck trailers and shipping containers. The flooring for such structures is comprised of a plurality of substantially parallel, wooden strips having their longitudinal edges in abutting relationship. A barrier film or fabric, which is permeable to vapor and impermeable to liquid, is disposed on the undersurface of the flooring, and discontinuous means adjoins or bonds the film or fabric to the flooring at least at the perimeter of the flooring.
Claims11
A flooring having a top surface and an undersurface, for truck trailers, railroad box cars, or shipping containers, comprising:
- a plurality of substantially parallel, wooden strips having their longitudinal edges in abutting relationship;
- a plastic film or fabric disposed to the undersurface of said flooring, said plastic film or fabric being permeable to vapor and impermeable to liquid;
- and discontinuous means for adjoining said plastic film or fabric to said undersurface of said flooring at least at the perimeter of said flooring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.