Method and apparatus for laying floors

Details Method and apparatus for laying floors Method and apparatus for laying floors

2008-07-15

2008-07-15

Glessner, Brian (Department: 3633)

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Machine or implement

C081S027000, C081S046000, C254S011000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10845437

ABSTRACT:
A tool and method for abutting an individual floor panel which is near an obstruction, such as a wall, to the assembled floor. The tool and method provide a rod having a flanged member at one end. The flanged member has a notch in its vertical flange which contacts the floorboard to be abutted, requiring a minimal amount of space between the obstruction and floorboard to be set. A sliding weight mounted on a rod can then be slid toward an impact surface resulting in a horizontal force being applied to the individual floorboard thereby abutting or setting that floorboard with respect to the assembled floor. An especially useful application for the device and method is in the installation of a tongue-in-groove laminate floor in which the individual floorboards have a tongue and groove connection on their ends.

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patent: 5881531 (1999-03-01), Bitner
patent: 5984271 (1999-11-01), Ellenberger

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