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US 8,691,360 B2Granted
Structures for creating spaces while installing anchor sheet and attachment piece subfloors
AssigneeTac-Fast Georgia L.L.C.
InventorJoseph Rocco Pacione
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Abstract
Structures are described that create spaces while installing anchor sheet and attachment piece subfloors, but which allow for the expansion and contraction of anchor sheets after installation. The structures may be used on either the attachment pieces, anchor sheets or both. In one embodiment, the structure is a deformable margin; in another embodiment, the structure is a pull-away strip.
Claims15
An anchor sheet comprising:
- a sheet with a first surface and a second surface;
- the sheet being made of one of a polypropylene and a polyethylene, and
- a cushion layer attached to the second surface, the cushion layer being entirely free of attachment means to permit the anchor sheet to free float over a substrate;
- wherein the first surface bears a field of hooks, the hooks having a density between 160 hooks per square inch to 1200 hooks per square inch, and wherein the sheet is injection molded.
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An anchor sheet for attachment to a floor covering to form a finished decorative surface, the floor covering having a side covered in loops, the anchor sheet comprising:
- (a) an injection-molded plastic sheet having a first surface and a second surface, the sheet having a thickness of between 0.020 inches and 0.75 inches;
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- (b) hooks covering a the first side of the plastic sheet for engaging loops of the floor covering, the hooks having a density of between 160 to 1200 hooks per square inch, and
- wherein the second surface is entirely free of attachment means to a supporting substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.