Laminated flooring, for example for sports facilities, a support formation and anchoring systems therefor
AssigneeMondo S.p.A.
InventorFernando Stroppiana
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Abstract
The flooring, preferably made in the form of modules which can be likened approximately to large tiles, is composed essentially of a tread layer comprising a core of high or medium density material (HDF or MDF) with a laminate layer, for example of melamine, applied to at least one of its faces, preferably to the lower face, as well as a plurality of support feet having selectively determined resilience characteristics, the spatial distribution of which in the plane of the flooring gives the flooring itself completely homogeneous mechanical characteristics.
Claims45
Laminated flooring comprising:
- a tread layer comprising a core having two faces, said core being fabricated of a material selected from the group constituted by HDF and MDF materials and having a first layer of laminate applied to one of said two faces of said core, and
- support formations which support the tread layer in use;
- each said support formation defining a hollow interior region which is closed and sealed by the body of the support formation itself;
- the tread layer being arranged as a substantially rigid structure in use;
- whereby the characteristics of compliance of the flooring are determined essentially by the compliance characteristics of the support formations.
Laminated flooring, comprising:
- a tread layer comprising a core of a material selected from the group constituted by HDF and MDF materials and having a layer of laminate applied to at least one of its faces, and support formations which support the tread layer in use and wherein the support formations are distributed non-uniformly beneath the tread layer;
- the tread layer being arranged as a substantially rigid structure in use whereby the characteristics of compliance of the flooring are determined essentially by the compliance characteristics of the support formations.
Laminated flooring, comprising:
- a tread layer comprising a core of a material selected from the group constituted by HDF and MDF materials and having a layer of laminate applied to at least one of its faces, the tread layer being made in the form of modules;
- and support formations which support the tread layer in use;
- said support formations being provided in greater density beneath the edge portions of the modules than beneath the remaining regions of the flooring;
- the tread layer being arranged as a substantially rigid structure in use whereby the characteristics of compliance of the flooring are determined essentially by the compliance characteristics of the support formations.
A support formation for flooring, said support formation comprising:
- a resiliently compressible element having a first surface for engaging a bottom surface of said flooring and a second surface for engaging an underlying surface positioned elevationally below said flooring, said element defining a hollow, interior cavity which is closed and sealed by the body of the element itself.
An anchoring system in combination with laminated flooring, wherein said flooring includes a tread layer and support formations which support the tread layer in use, the tread layer being made in the form of modules connected together by generally male-female coupling configurations, the anchoring system comprising:
- pin elements adapted for securement to the tread layer to project downwardly from the tread layer, and
- coupling elements for interconnecting pairs of pin elements on adjacent modules of the flooring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.