Carpet securing strips
US4069542A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 1976 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/33
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The strips are designed to be manufactured from relatively thin or light gauge metal or plastic; each having an elongate base section designed to be secured by nails and/or adhesive to a floor, and having an offset carpet-gripping section which in one embodiment is designed in use to be hammered or bent downwardly relative to the base section and over the edge of a section of carpeting to secure the latter in place, and which in a second embodiment has formed in its longitudinal edge a plurality of spaced teeth which imbed in the bottom of a carpet to hold its edge in place. In the second embodiment a plurality of longitudinally spaced scallops or dimples are formed in the strip to increase its structural rigidity; and in each embodiment adhesive strips are used to help secure the carpeting to the strips.
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