TACKLESS CARPET STRIPPING

• US 3,858,269 A
• Filed: 03/22/1973
• Issued: 01/07/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Carl P. Ranno, Kenneth E. Hewson, Lawrence R. Sutton
• Original Assignee: Carl P. Ranno, Kenneth E. Hewson, Lawrence R. Sutton
• Inventors: Sutton, Lawrence R., Ranno, Carl P., Hewson, Kenneth E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilliam, Paul R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Application Number:
  US05/343,649
• Time in Patent Office: 656 Days
• Field of Search: 16/16,4 52/179,273 85/13 D8/266,270
• US Class Current: 16/16
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 27/0462 Tack strips for tensioning or seaming

Abstract

A tackless carpet stripping for attaching carpet or the like to a floor in a room wherein the stripping is fastened to the floor along the peripherial edge of the floor adjacent the walls of the room. The tackless carpet stripping is a one-piece integrally molded structure having an elongated member with its lower surface positioned on the floor and fastened thereto by means of nails or the like. The upper surface of the elongated member has a plurality of integral sharp-ending holding members projecting toward the wall at an angle inclined with respect to the upper surface of the elongated member. In the preferred embodiment the stripping is fabricated from a plastic material, such as polystyrene.

Claims

1. A tackless carpet stripping for attaching carpeting to a floor in a room wherein the stripping is fastened to the floor along the peripheral edges thereof and adjacent the walls of said room, said stripping comprising:

a one piece molded plastic elongated member of a predetermined length, a lower surface thereof being positioned on said floor along said peripheral edge, said member having longitudinal side walls connected by a plurality of cross members, said cross members being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of said stripping and adjacent pairs of cross members define an aperture thereinbetween;

a selected number of said cross members having enlarged sections formed at the midsection of said cross members at evenly spaced intervals along with the entire length of said elongated member, said sections each having a bore through which a fastening means extends for fastening said elongated member to said floor; and

a plurality of longitudinally spaced, sharp-ended, inclined holding members carried on the upper surface of said elongated member and projecting therefrom at an angle inclined with respect to said upper surface, said holding members projecting toward said adjacent wall when said stripping is fastened to said floor, said holding members being formed as one-piece projections of said elongated member and adapted to engage said carpeting, said holding members being regularly spaced along the upper surface of said elongated member and successively positioned on opposite sides of said upper surface along the length thereof, said elongated member being constructed such that said elongated members may be easily broken to provide shorter lengths thereof.

2. The tackless carpet stripping as defined in claim 1 wherein said elongated member and said holding members of said elongated member are fabricated from a material selected from the group consisting of polyurethane, polyethylene, polyester, polyether, polyureas and polystyrene.

3. The tackless carpet stripping defined in claim 1 wherein said bore is non-circular in cross section.

4. The tackless carpet stripping defined in claim 1 wherein said holding members have a plurality of circumferentially disposed protuberances for engaging said carpeting.

5. The tackless carpet stripping defined in claim 1 wherein said holding members project from said upper surface at an angle of 15* with respect to said upper surface.