Laminated floor covering and method of making same

Abstract

Abstract A FLOORING ELEMENT IS DISCLOSED WHICH COMPRISES AT LEAST THREE LAYERS; AN UPPER LAYER WHICH FORMS THE FLOOR SURFACE, A LOWER LAYER WHICH CONTACTS THE UNDER FLOOR AND A MIDDLE LAYER; ALL LAYERS BEING BONDED BY ADHESIVES. EACH OF THE LOWER AND MIDDLE LAYERS IS COMPOSED OF CONTINUOUS STRIPS WHICH ARE PARALLEL AND SPACED APART, PREFERABLY BY A DISTANCE OF TWO TO THREE TIMES THE THICKNESS OF THE ELEMENT. THE STRIPS OF THE LOWEST AND MIDDLE LAYERS INTERSECT AT AN ANGLE OF 90*. THE VARIOUS LAYERS ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR IN HORIZONAL DIMENSIONS, AND ALL LAYERS BUT THE LOWEST ARE SUPERIMPOSED. THE LOWEST LAYER IS DIAGONALLY OFFSET TO PROVIDE A PROJECTION ON TWO SIDES WHICH PREFERABLY HAS A WIDTH WHICH IS AT LEAST 5 TO 8 TIMES THE ELEMENT THICKNESS. THESE ELEMENTS MAY BE ASSEMBLED INTO A FLOOR WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF BONDING TO THE FLOOR BY APPLYING ADHESIVE TO THE PROJECTIONS FORMED BY THE OFFSET LOWER LAYER, LAYING A SECOND ELEMENT ADJACENT THE FIRST TO COVER THE EXTENSION OF THE FIRST AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE SUPERIMPOSED PORTIONS, AS BY TAPPING WITH A HAMMER.

Inventors

• 👤 Erich Kuhle

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