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Laminated wood flooring product and wood floor

  • US 5,283,102 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1992
  • Issued: 02/01/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wood flooring strip for assembly into a wood floor, said flooring strip comprising:

  • (a) a top, decorative wood layer;

    (b) an intermediate wood layer bonded to the top layer; and

    (c) a base wood layer bonded to the intermediate layer;

    (d) said top, intermediate and base layers bonded in registration to define a three-layer laminated elongate wood flooring strip;

    (e) locking means extending along the length of said flooring strip on both side edges for locking adjacent flooring strips together side-to-side to form an assembled wood floor, said locking means comprises a tongue formed on one side edge of the flooring strip and a mating groove on the other side edge of the flooring strip, each of said tongue and said groove for mating connection with complementary elements on adjacent flooring strips; and

    (f) said base layer having a multiplicity of closely spaced-apart scores cut therein transverse to the length of the flooring strip along substantially the entire length of the flooring strip to relieve stress and increase flexibility in the wood strip for more closely adhering to irregularities of a sub-floor; and

    (g) said flooring strips including opposing end portions, said end portions each having a single flat area encompassing the entire end portion surface area perpendicular to the plane of the flooring strip for abutting engagement with like flat areas on adjacent flooring strips.

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