Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner

• US 10,357,122 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2016
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Just Fur Love LLC
• Original Assignee: Allan Wendling
• Inventors: Wendling, Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): Nordmeyer, Patricia L.
• Application Number:
  US15/196,139
• Publication Number:
  US 20160302603A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,119 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 27/0431 Reinforcement or stiffening devices, e.g. edge binders, anticurl devices for corners
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 27/045 Gripper strips; Seaming strips; Edge retainers A47G27/0443 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/14 Layer or component removable to expose adhesive

Abstract

An apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner. The apparatus includes a rigid and planar V-shaped body having a top surface and a bottom surface. An adhesive layer is applied to at least a portion of the top surface of the body while a removable protective cover is provided over the adhesive layer. Upon removal of the protective cover and exposure of the adhesive layer, the body is adhered to the rug corner by the adhesive. Upon doing so, the body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition thus preventing any curling of the rug.

Claims

1. Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner away from a floor surface, the apparatus comprising:

a rigid and planar V-shaped body, said body having a planar top and planar bottom,

an adhesive layer applied to at least a portion of said top of said body,

a removable protective cover provided over said adhesive layer, and

a sticky polyurethane gel layer that includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, said first surface is attached to at least a portion of said planar bottom of said body, said second surface of said sticky polyurethane gel layer is configured to contact the floor surface,

wherein upon removal of said protective cover and exposure of said adhesive layer, said body is adhered to the rug corner by said adhesive whereby said body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition,

wherein the body and the sticky polyurethane gel layer are a laminate structure.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said body comprises a rigid layer.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2 wherein said rigid layer comprises a plastic layer, said adhesive layer being applied to a top of said plastic layer.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said body comprises two elongated legs which intersect each other perpendicularly.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said legs are coplanar.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 4 wherein said body includes a rounded nose at the junction of said legs.

7. Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner away from a floor surface, the apparatus comprising:

a laminate structure comprising;

a rigid and planar V-shaped body, said body having a planar top and planar bottom; and

a sticky polyurethane gel layer that includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, said first surface is laminated to said planar bottom of said body;

an adhesive layer applied to at least a portion of said top of said body; and

a removable protective cover provided over said adhesive layer,

wherein upon removal of said protective cover and exposure of said adhesive layer, said laminate structure is adhered to the rug corner by said adhesive whereby said body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition and said second surface of said sticky polyurethane gel layer is configured to adhere to the floor surface to prevent slipping of the rug corner.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said body comprises a rigid layer.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 8 wherein said rigid layer comprises a plastic layer, said adhesive layer being applied to a top of said plastic layer.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 7 wherein said body comprises two elongated legs which intersect each other perpendicularly.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 10 wherein said legs are coplanar.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 10 wherein said body includes a rounded nose at the junction of said legs.

13. Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner away from a floor surface, the apparatus consisting of:

a laminate structure comprising;

a rigid and planar V-shaped body, the body having a planar top and an opposite planar bottom; and

a sticky polyurethane gel layer that includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface is laminated to said planar bottom of said body,

an adhesive layer applied to at least a portion of the top of the body; and

a removable protective cover provided over the adhesive layer,

wherein upon removal of said protective cover and exposure of the adhesive layer, said laminate structure is adhered to the rug corner by said adhesive whereby said body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition and said second surface of said sticky polyurethane gel layer is configured to adhere to the floor surface to prevent slipping of the rug corner.

14. The apparatus as defined in claim 13 wherein said body comprises a rigid layer.

15. The apparatus as defined in claim 14 wherein said rigid layer comprises a plastic layer, said adhesive layer being applied to a top of said plastic layer.

16. The apparatus as defined in claim 13 wherein said body comprises two elongated legs which intersect each other perpendicularly.

17. The apparatus as defined in claim 16 wherein said legs are coplanar.

18. The apparatus as defined in claim 16 wherein said body includes a rounded nose at the junction of said legs.