Carpet binder bar and replaceable cap

Claim 1

IN A CARPET BINDER BAR DEVICE, THE COMBINATION OF: A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING BASE SECTION HAVING FIRST AND SECOND PARALLEL EDGES; A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CLAMPING FLANGE ON SAID BASE SECTION ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST EDGE AND SPACED UPWARDLY THEREFROM AND EXTENDING GENERALLY TOWARD SAID SECOND EDGE, SAID CLAMPING FLANGE HAVING UPPER AND LOWER EDGES AND HAVING AN EXTERNAL LONGITUDINAL BEAD ADJACENT ITS LOWER EDGE AND SPACED UPWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST EDGE TO PROVIDE A LOWER HOOK MEMBER, THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID CLAMPING FLANGE BEING BIFURCATED TO PROVIDE AN EXTERNAL BEAD FORMING AN UPPER HOOK MEMBER AND AN INTERNAL BEAD ADAPTED TO CLAMP THE EDGE OF A CARPET WHEN THE CLAMPING FLANGE IS BENT DOWNWARDLY; AND A THIN FLEXIBLE CAP MEMBER ADAPTED TO SUBSTANTIALLY COVER AND CONFORM TO THE OUTSIDE OF SAID CLAMPING FLANGE, SAID CAP MEMBER BEING MADE OF AN ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL AND PROVIDED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS WITH DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED HOOKS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE RESPECTIVELY WITH THE LOWER HOOK MEMBER AND THE UPPER HOOK MEMBER OF THE CLAMPING FLANGE.