Resilient protective edging for floor coverings such as rugs, carpets or the like

Claim 1

AN EDGING FOR PROTECTING THE EDGES OF A FLOOR COVERING COMPRISING AN INTEGRAL RESILIENT SHEET FORMED OF FIRST AND SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENTS JOINED LONGITUDINALLY BY A THIN CONNECTING WEB; SAID FIRST PROTECTING ELEMENT HAVING A LOCK-SLOT EXTENDING ALONG AND ADJACENT TO THE EDGE THEREOF, SAID FIRST ELEMENT BEING TAPERED FROM A GREATER THICKNESS ADJACENT SAID EDGE TO A LESSER THICKNESS ADJACENT SAID WEB THEREBY PROVIDING A THIN FLANGE; SAID SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENT HAVING A LOCKING MEMBER, ADAPTED TO PROVIDE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOCK-SLOT, EXTENDING FROM A SURFACE THEREOF AND SAID SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENT BEING GENERALLY SLOPED UPWARD FROM SAID WEB TO A PORITION OF SAID SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENT WHICH IS AT THE SURFACE OPPOSITELY DISPOSED FROM SAID LOCKING MEMBER, SAID SECONG PROTECTING ELEMENT BEING GENERALLY SLOPED DOWNWARD FROM SAID PORTION TO THE EDGE THEREOF; WHEREBY WHEN SAID WEB IS SEVERED FORMING DISCRETE FIRST AND SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENTS, SAID FLANGE OF SAID FIRST PROTECTING ELEMENT IS ADAPTED TO UNDERLIE SAID FLOOR COVERING ALONG A MARGINAL PORTION THEREOF WITH SAID LOCK-SLOT EXTENDING OUTWARD FROM SAID MARGINAL POTION, AND SAID SECOND PROTECTING ELEMENT IS ADAPTED TO PROVIDFE A SLOPED CONFIGURATION EXTENDING FROM THE SURFACE ON WHICH SAID FLOOR COVERING IS LAID TOK THE SURFACE OF SAID FLOOR COVERING AND OVERLYING SAID MARGINAL PORTION THEREOF WITH SAID LOCKING MEMBER BEING IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOCK-SLOT.