Portable floor
AssigneeSico Incorporated
InventorsChristopher C. Dickey, Todd A. Schilling
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Abstract
A portable floor includes floor panels connected in an edge to edge relationship to form an extended temporary floor surface. Each of the panels includes a foam layer having a top face and a bottom face with a first aluminum sheet placed on the top face and a second aluminum sheet placed on the bottom face. The aluminum sheet placed on the bottom face is coated with a paint over the bottom surface while a laminate is applied over the upper aluminum sheet. Extruded edge pieces attach along the sides of the floor panels and include complementary tongues along two edges and grooves along the other two edges. The panels also include latches for securing the edges together.
Claims17
A portable floor panel having an unsymmetrical construction about a center core layer, the floor panel comprising:
- a layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam forming the center core layer and having a top face and a bottom face, the layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam comprising reinforced fiberglass strands dispersed throughout the foam;
- a first nonferrous sheet and a second nonferrous sheet, the first nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the bottom face of the foam core layer, the first nonferrous sheet having a protective coating applied over a bottom surface;
- the second nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the top face of the foam core layer;
- a decorative layer applied over an upper surface of second nonferrous sheet and forming a panel core with the foam core layer and attached first and second nonferrous sheets;
- an edging mounted around a periphery of the panel core.
A portable floor comprising:
- a plurality of panels configured for connecting in an edge to edge relationship, each of the panels having an unsymmetrical construction about a center core layer, each of the floor panels comprising:
- a layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam forming the center core layer and having a top face and a bottom face, the layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam comprising reinforced fiberglass strands dispersed throughout the foam;
- a first nonferrous sheet and a second nonferrous sheet, the first nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the bottom face of the foam core layer, the first nonferrous sheet having a protective coating applied over a bottom surface;
- the second nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the top face of the foam core layer;
- a decorative layer applied over an upper surface of second nonferrous sheet and forming a panel core with the foam core layer and attached first and second nonferrous sheets;
- an edging attached around a periphery of the panel core.
A method of making a portable floor panel, the panel having an unsymmetrical construction about a center core layer;
- the method comprising:
- providing a sheet of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam forming the center core layer, the sheet of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam comprising reinforced fiberglass strands dispersed throughout the foam;
- applying a first nonferrous sheet to the bottom of the center foam layer with an adhesive, and pressing the first nonferrous sheet to the center foam layer and passing the nonferrous sheet and the center foam layer through pinch rollers;
- applying a second nonferrous sheet to the top of the center foam layer with an adhesive, and pressing the second nonferrous sheet to the center foam layer and passing the nonferrous sheets and the center foam layer through pinch rollers;
- applying a decorative layer to an upper surface of the second nonferrous sheet with an adhesive, pressing the decorative layer onto the second nonferrous sheet and passing the nonferrous sheets, the center foam layer and the decorative layer through pinch rollers.
A portable floor panel having an unsymmetrical construction having an unsymmetrical number of layers about a center core layer, the floor panel comprising:
- a layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam forming the center core layer and having a top face and a bottom face, the layer of fiberglass reinforced closed cell water resistant foam comprising reinforced fiberglass strands dispersed throughout the foam;
- a first nonferrous sheet and a second nonferrous sheet, the first nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the bottom face of the foam core layer, the first nonferrous sheet having a protective coating applied over a bottom surface;
- the second nonferrous sheet adhesively mounted to the top face of the foam core layer;
- a decorative layer applied over an upper surface of second nonferrous sheet and forming a panel core with the foam core layer and attached first and second nonferrous sheets;
- an edging mounted around a periphery of the panel core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.