Methods of cutting and installing carpet tiles
AssigneeInterface, Inc.
InventorsWilliam N. Jones, Stuart Jones, John P. Bradford, James Hobbs, Joel Sheppard, James Woods, Jr.
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Abstract
Methods of cutting and installing carpet tiles in, among other applications, mass transit vehicles, particularly including aircraft. In some embodiments, the tile lengths in an installation are the same and the tile widths are customized to a particular section of the aircraft or other vehicle in which they are installed.
Claims22
A method for providing carpet tiles for a floor of a mass transit vehicle having at least a first vehicle floor section having a length and a width and a second vehicle floor section having a length and a width that is different than the width of the first vehicle floor section, the method comprising:
- (a) forming a carpet web having an underside, a carpet web width and a carpet web length;
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- (b) forming carpet tiles from the carpet web by:
- i. providing a plurality of vertical partition lines extending along the carpet web length to divide the carpet web into carpet web sections across the carpet web width, wherein each carpet web section comprises a carpet web section width and wherein the carpet web section widths are substantially equal;
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- ii. providing a plurality of horizontal partition lines extending across the carpet web width, wherein a first distance between a first pair of adjacent horizontal partition lines substantially equals the width of the first vehicle floor section and wherein a second distance between a second pair of adjacent horizontal partition lines substantially equals the width of the second vehicle floor section,
- wherein each tile of a first set of tiles comprises a tile width substantially equal to the carpet web section width and a tile length substantially equal to the first distance and wherein each tile of a second set of tiles comprises a tile width substantially equal to the carpet web section width and a tile length substantially equal to the second distance.
A method for providing carpet tiles for a mass transit vehicle having at least a first vehicle floor section having a length and a width and a second vehicle floor section having a length and a width that is different than the width of the first vehicle floor section, the method comprising:
- (a) forming a carpet web having an underside;
- a carpet web width;
- a carpet web length;
- at least one backing layer comprising a filler selected from the group consisting of glass spheres, fumed silica, a silica-based foam, and combinations thereof;
- and a weight of less than about 82 ounces per square yard;
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- (b) forming carpet tiles from the carpet web by:
- i. providing a plurality of vertical partition lines extending along the carpet web length to divide the carpet web into carpet web sections across the carpet web width, wherein each carpet web section comprises a carpet web section width and wherein the carpet web section widths are substantially equal;
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- ii. providing a plurality of horizontal partition lines extending across the carpet web width, wherein a first distance between a first pair of adjacent horizontal partition lines substantially equals the width of the first vehicle floor section and wherein a second distance between a second pair of adjacent horizontal partition lines substantially equals the width of the second vehicle floor section,
- wherein each tile of a first set of tiles comprises a tile width substantially equal to the carpet web section width and a tile length substantially equal to the first distance and wherein each tile of a second set of tiles comprises a tile width substantially equal to the carpet web section width and a tile length substantially equal to the second distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.