Anti-fatigue flooring system
AssigneeDurable Corporation
InventorThomas E. Secor
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Abstract
An anti-fatigue flooring system includes at least one anti-fatigue area adjacent a work station in a room. The anti-fatigue area includes an anti-fatigue member of a resilient foam material and transition members located about the anti-fatigue member. Flooring extends over the anti-fatigue member and the transition members so that the anti-fatigue member and the transition members are located between the flooring and the subfloor. The transition members transition the flooring from the top of the anti-fatigue member down to the subfloor located about the transition members. The flooring is preferably secured to the top of the anti-fatigue member, the top of the transition members, and the subfloor about the anti-fatigue area.
Claims41
A method of installing an anti-fatigue flooring system on a subfloor at a work station where a worker spends long periods of time standing, said method comprising, in combination:
- placing an anti-fatigue member comprising a resilient foam material on a subfloor at a workstation and covering only a portion of the subfloor;
- covering the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member with flexible flooring and extending the flexible flooring over the anti-fatigue member to cover the anti-fatigue member with the flexible flooring;
- wherein the flexible flooring bends as it transitions between the portion of the subfloor not covered by the anti-fatigue member and the portion of the subfloor covered by the anti-fatigue member to provide a smooth transition over the anti-fatigue member;
- wherein a portion of the flexible flooring that is extending over and covering the anti-fatigue member is in the form of a flexible flooring sheet;
- securing the flexible flooring sheet directly to a top of the anti-fatigue member;
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- securing the flexible flooring to the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member with an adhesive.
An anti-fatigue flooring system for installation on a subfloor at a work station where a worker spends long periods of time standing, said system comprising, in combination:
- at least one anti-fatigue member comprising a resilient foam material providing cushioning to produce an anti-fatigue effect located at a workstation and covering only a portion of a subfloor;
- flexible flooring covering the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member and extending over the anti-fatigue member to cover the anti-fatigue member;
- wherein a portion of the flexible flooring that is extending over and covering the anti-fatigue member is in the form of a flexible flooring sheet and the flexible flooring sheet is secured directly to a top of the anti-fatigue member;
- wherein the flexible flooring is secured to the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member with an adhesive;
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- wherein the flexible flooring bends as it transitions between the portion of the subfloor not covered by the anti-fatigue member and the portion of the subfloor covered by the anti-fatigue member to provide a smooth transition over the anti-fatigue member and the surrounding subfloor.
An anti-fatigue flooring system for installation on a subfloor at a work station where a worker spends long periods of time standing, said system comprising, in combination:
- flexible flooring;
- an anti-fatigue member comprising a resilient foam material placed between the flexible vinyl flooring and a subfloor at a workstation and covering only a portion of the subfloor;
- wherein the resilient foam material provides cushioning to produce an anti-fatigue effect as the worker stands on the anti-fatigue member;
- transition members for placement between the flexible flooring and the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member to transition the flexible flooring from a top of the anti-fatigue member to the subfloor located about the transition members;
- wherein the flexible flooring covers the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member and extends over the transition members and the anti-fatigue member to cover the anti-fatigue member;
- wherein a portion of the flexible flooring that is extending over and covering the anti-fatigue member is in the form of a flexible flooring sheet and the flexible flooring sheet is secured directly to a top of the anti-fatigue member;
- wherein the flexible flooring is directly secured to the subfloor about the anti-fatigue member;
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- wherein the flexible flooring bends as it transitions between the portion of the subfloor not covered by the anti-fatigue member and the portion of the subfloor covered by the anti-fatigue member to provide a smooth transition over the anti-fatigue member and the surrounding subfloor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.