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Profiled corner strip

US5203640A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 18, 1991
Grant dateApr 20, 1993
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/4602
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention relates to a profiled strip adapted to be used for making the join between two surface coverings making therebetween a determined re-entrant angle, wherein this profiled strip comprises: two bearing sole plates which are made of a hard, semi-rigid material, which are each adapted to be placed below one of the surface coverings and which each present an extension extending in a direction offset angularly by substantially 90.degree.; and a connecting bridge which connects the extensions, which is made of a supple material and which maintains the bearing sole plates angularly offset with respect to the re-entrant angle. One application of the invention is the production of a profiled strip for joining the tiles of two vertical walls.

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