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Flexible, low profile hearth pad

  • US 10,639,862 B2
  • Filed: 12/21/2012
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hearth pad comprising:

  • a backing for being placed onto a floor, the backing being an aluminum sheet;

    a plurality of tiles directly bonded to the backing using a flexible adhesive, the tiles being made of a rigid material and forming a top surface of the hearth pad; and

    ,a flexible filler disposed in gaps between adjacent tiles,wherein a thickness of the backing is substantially less than a thickness of the tiles and wherein the backing has sufficient rigidity to substantially prevent flexing of the hearth pad during transport and installation and wherein the backing has sufficient flexibility to substantially prevent cracking of the tiles when a woodstove or pellet stove is placed thereupon and,wherein the hearth pad has an overall thickness of less than 13 mm.

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