Profile system

• US 9,085,903 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2014
• Issued: 07/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schluter Systems LP
• Original Assignee: Schluter Systems LP
• Inventors: Schlueter, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Glessner, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): STEPHAN, BETH A
• Application Number:
  US14/152,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20140196384A1
• Time in Patent Office: 557 Days
• Field of Search: 522/205, 522/871, 522/881, 523/84, 527/161, 527/162, 527/166, 527/167, 527/180.1, 527/180.4, 52/34, 524/02, 523/88, 52390-395, 52459-462, 52465-466, 52470-471, 525/060.1, 525/060.5, 525/060.6, 525/060.7, 525/060.8, 525/060.9, 525/061, 521/731, 522/81, 522/821, 174/504, 174/507, 362/147.X, 362/249.02
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 15/02005 Construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips E04F15/024, E04F15/04, E04F15/06, E04F15/10 and E04F15/14 take precedence; separate provisional spacers E04F21/0092
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/06 specially designed for securing panels or masking the edges of wall- or floor-covering elements E04F19/022, E04F19/026 and E04F19/04 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E04F 19/061 used to finish off an edge or corner of a wall or floor covering area in connection with floor fabrics A47G27/045; sealings between walls and baths A47K3/008
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 4/20 with light sources held by or within elongate supports
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 15/013 the housing being an extrusion
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 3/00 Globes; Bowls; Cover glasses with refracting properties F21V5/00; with reflecting properties F21V7/00; characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/506
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/006 General building constructions or finishing work for buildings, e.g. roofs, gutters, stairs or floors; Garden equipment; Sunshades or parasols

Abstract

A profile system for finishing or defining a tile covering provided over a base includes at least one elongate profile that has a fastening arm and a profile section adjoining the latter which has a defining arm extending transversely, in particular at right angles, to the fastening arm and two side arms extending transversely, in particular at right angles to the free ends of the defining arm and arranged lying opposite one another, at least one illuminant that in the correct state is disposed in the receiving space defined by the substantially U-shaped profile section, and at least one elongate diffusion disc cover that can be secured to the profile.

Claims

1. A profile system for finishing or defining a tile covering provided over a base, the profile system comprising

at least one elongate profile that has a fastening arm and a substantially U-shaped profile section adjoining the fastening arm, wherein the profile section has

a defining arm extending transversely to the fastening arm and connected to the fastening arm and

first and second side arms extending transversely to first and second defining arm ends of the defining arm and arranged lying opposite one another, wherein the fastening arm is not the first side arm and is not the second side arm,

at least one illuminant that in an installed state is disposed in a receiving space defined by the substantially U-shaped profile section, and

at least one elongate diffusion disc cover capable of being secured to the profile to hold the at least one illuminant.

2. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the profile is an extruded profile with a uniform cross-section.

3. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the profile is produced from aluminum or stainless steel.

4. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the fastening arm has through-holes arranged along its length, spaced apart from one another.

5. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein a fleece or a fabric is fastened to a back portion of the fastening arm.

6. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein first and second fastening elements which co-operate with one another are respectively provided on the diffusion disc cover and on the profile.

7. The profile system according to claim 6, wherein the fastening elements are made integrally with the profile and the diffusion disc cover.

8. The profile system according to claim 7, wherein the fastening elements define a manually releaseable snap-on connection.

9. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the diffusion disc cover has a base section and first and second side sections projecting from the base section and arranged lying opposite one another.

10. The profile system according to claim 9, wherein the first side section is longer than the second side section and has a projecting region projecting from an inside of the first side section over the second side section, and wherein in the installed state the illuminant is fastened to the projecting region of the first side section.

11. The profile system according to claim 10, wherein there is provided in a region of a free end of the first side section an inwardly pointing protrusion which serves as a stop for the illuminant.

12. The profile system according to claim 9, wherein in the installed state the base section of the diffusion disc cover terminates flush with first and second free ends of the first and second side arms of the profile.

13. The profile system according to claim 9, wherein the second side section of the diffusion disc cover has in a region of a free end of the second side section a receding region receding towards the first side section which is configured such that, in the installed state, an outer surface of a projecting region of the second side section terminates substantially flush with the outer surface of the adjacently arranged first side arm of the profile.

14. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the illuminant is elongate in form.

15. The profile system according to claim 1, wherein the illuminant is designed and arranged such that, in the installed state, light is irradiated towards the base section of the diffusion disc cover.