Carpet seaming pool
US6685609B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47G27/0487
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
One carpet seaming tool has an elongate, generally straight handle having on one end thereof a U-shaped bracket having spaced, parallel legs. Secured intermediate its ends in a pair of registering openings in the legs of the bracket is an elongate shaft having rotatably mounted coaxially thereon three rollers, one positioned between the two legs of the bracket and the other two positioned adjacent opposite ends of the bracket. Each roller is generally spirally shaped in configuration, having a spirally shaped outer circumferential surface disposed to have rolling engagement with the surfaces of two carpet sections that are being seamed together. In an alternative form, the handle is curved slightly intermediate its ends, and in addition to having the three spirally shaped rollers on the one end thereof, it has also mounted on its opposite end a U-shaped bracket with an elongate shaft secured intermediate its ends in registering openings in the legs of the bracket. Three cylindrically shaped rollers are rotatably mounted coaxially on the shaft, thereby providing smooth, circumferential outer surfaces disposed to have rolling engagement with the above-noted carpet sections when the t…
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