Floor coverings
AssigneeBTR plc
InventorMaurice N. Hill
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Abstract
A floor covering comprises a plurality of tread strips of substantially resilient material, each tread strip having a wear layer of a material which provides a fibrous tread surface, and a plurality of spacer strips of substantially rigid material arranged interposed between the tread strips whereby each successive pair of tread strips is spaced apart by an assembly of at least two, typically three of said spacer strips arranged to lie side-by-side with connecting means passing through aligned apertures in the strips.
Claims21
A floor covering comprising a plurality of tread strips of substantially resilient and flexible material having an embedded reinforcement each tread strip having a wear layer of a material which provides a fibrous tread surface, and a plurality of spacer strips of substantially rigid material arranged interposed between successive pairs of the tread strips wherein successive pairs of tread strips are spaced apart by an assembly of at least three of said spacer strips arranged side-by-side and the pluralities of strips being secured together in side-by-side relationship by connecting means which pass through aligned apertures in the spacer strips and in the resilient and flexible material of the tread strips.
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