U.S. patent application number 10/297469 was filed with the patent office on 2003-08-07 for skirting profile.
Invention is credited to Brunedal, Dan.
Application Number | 20030145540 10/297469 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 20280033 |
Filed Date | 2003-08-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030145540 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Brunedal, Dan |
August 7, 2003 |
Skirting profile
Abstract
Skirting profile (1) for transition between wall (10) and
preferably floating floors (20). The skirting profile (1) includes
a channel (2), which channel (2) is intended for hiding and holding
cables and the like in place. The channel (2) extends parallel to
the skirting profile (1) and is open on the upper side of the
skirting profile (1) as well as backwards to the wall (10). A cheek
(5) is formed as an extension upwards of the front side (3),
between which check (5) the channel (2) is formed. The front side
(3) is provided with a thin decorative and resilient laminate (7)
which extends from the lower edge of the front side (3) to and
beyond the rounded edge (6) of the cheek (5) to or beyond a
vertical surface being a tangent of the rear side (4). Cables and
the like can be placed in the channel (2) of a skirting profile (1)
mounted on a wall (10) by bending the resilient decorative laminate
(7) out from the wall (10) whereby the cable and the like can be
inserted whereby the laminate (7) can flex hack and again connect
with the wall (10).
Inventors: |
Brunedal, Dan; (Goteborg,
SE) |
Correspondence
Address: |
STEVENS DAVIS MILLER & MOSHER, LLP
1615 L STREET, NW
SUITE 850
WASHINGTON
DC
20036
US
|
Family ID: |
20280033 |
Appl. No.: |
10/297469 |
Filed: |
February 3, 2003 |
PCT Filed: |
June 7, 2001 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/SE01/01294 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
52/285.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
E04F 2019/044 20130101;
H02G 3/0425 20130101; E04F 19/04 20130101; E04F 2019/0431 20130101;
E04F 2019/0454 20130101; E04F 2019/0422 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
52/285.1 |
International
Class: |
E04B 001/38 |
Claims
1. Skirting profile (1) for transition between wall (10) and
preferably floating floors (20), which skirting profile (1)
includes a channel (2), which channel (2) is intended for hiding
and holding cables and the like in place, characterised in that the
skirting profile (1) is provide with a front side (3) and a rear
side (4), that the channel (2) extends parallel to the skirting
profile (1) and is open on the upper side of the skirting profile
(1) as well as backwards to the wall (10), that a cheek (5) is
formed as an extension upwards of the front side (3), between which
cheek (5) the channel (2) is formed, that the upper edge (6) of the
cheek (5) is rounded off, that the front side (3) is provided with
a thin decorative and resilient laminate (7) which extends from the
lower edge of the front side (3) to and beyond the rounded edge (6)
of the cheek (5) to or beyond a vertical surface being a tangent of
the rear side (4), whereby cables and the like can be placed in the
channel (2) of a skirting profile (1) mounted on a wall (10) by
bending the resilient decorative laminate (7) out from the wall
(10) whereby the cable and the like can be inserted whereby the
laminate (7) can flex back and again connect with the wall
(10).
2. Skirting profile (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that
the resilient decorative laminate is constituted by at least one
decorative sheet, preferably of .alpha.-cellulose impregnated with
melamine-formaldehyde resin and an underlying support sheet of a
thermoplastic material, preferably a polyolefin.
3. Skirting profile (1) according the claim 2, characterised in
that the resilient decorative laminate also comprises one or more
so-called overlay sheets of .alpha.-cellulose impregnated with
melamine-formaldehyde resin which are place in front of the decor
sheet.
4. Skirting profile according to claim 1, characterised in that the
resilient decorative laminate has a wear resistance measured as
IP>3000 turns.
Description
[0001] The present invention relates to a skirting profile with a
channel for cables. The skirting profile is intended to be placed
between floor and wall.
[0002] Different types of skirting profiles which also holds and
guides cables and cords is a pretty common item nowadays. These do,
however, mostly contain open cavities in which dust easily is
collected. There are different solutions were covering profiles are
intended to be snapped into the skirting profile to cover the
openings were the cables are intended to be arranged. Such separate
profiles will, however, make the product more costly and will also
cause different types of load and material problems which causes
that more exclusive and expensive materials will have to be used in
order to get a working solution. Such snapping profiles will also
lead to the forming of chinks, gaps and grooves in which dust and
dirt can be collected, although to a smaller extent.
[0003] It has through the present invention been made possible to
solve the above mentioned problems whereby a simplified embodiment
of a skirting profile with a cable channel has been achieved.
Accordingly, the invention relates to a skirting profile for the
transition between wall and preferably floating floors. The
skirting profile comprises a channel, which channel is intended to
hide and hold cables and the like in place. The invention is
characterised in that the skirting profile is provided with a front
side and a rear side, that the channel extends parallel to the
skirting profile and is open to the upper side of the skirting
profile and rearwards towards the and the wall. A cheek is formed
as an extension upwards of the front side, between which cheek the
channel is formed. The upper edge of the cheek is rounded of. The
front side is provided with a thin decorative and resilient
laminate which extends from the lower edge of the front side
upwards and beyond the rounded edge of the cheek to, or beyond a
vertical surface being a tangent to the rear side. Cables and the
like can hereby be placed in the channel of a skirting profile
mounted on a wall by bending the laminate out from the wall whereby
cables and the like can be inserted whereupon the laminate can flex
back and again connect with the wall.
[0004] The resilient decorative laminate is suitably constituted of
at least one decorative sheet, preferably of .alpha.-cellulose
impregnated with melamine-formaldehyde resin and a underlying
support sheet of a thermoplastic material, preferably a polyolefin.
The resilient decorative laminate suitably includes one or more
so-called overlay sheets of .alpha.-cellulose impregnated with
melamine-formaldehyde resin which are placed in front of the
decorative sheet. The resilient decorative laminate suitable has a
wear resistance measured as IP>3000 turns.
[0005] The invention is further illustrated through an enclosed
drawing showing an embodiment of the invention.
[0006] The FIGURE shows in cross-section a skirting profile 1
according to the present invention. The skirting profile 1 is
intended to be used in the transition between wall 10 and,
preferably floating, floor 20. The skirting profile 1 comprises a
channel 2, which is intended to hide and hold cables and the like
in place. The skirting profile 1 is provided with a front side 3
and a rear side 4. The channel 2 extends parallel to the skirting
profile 1 and is open on the top of the skirting profile 1 as well
as backwards to the wall 10. A cheek 5 is formed as an extension
upwards of the front side 3, behind which cheek 5 the channel 2 is
formed. The upper edge 6 of the channel 5 is rounded of. The front
side 3 is provided with a thin decorative and resilient laminate 7
which extends from the lower edge of the front side 3 upwards above
and beyond the rounded edge 6 of the cheek 5 to, or beyond, a
vertical surface being a tangent of the rear side 4. Cables and the
like can hereby be placed in the channel 2 of a skirting profile 1
mounted on a wall by bending the resilient decorative laminate 7
out from the wall 10 whereby the cable and the like can be inserted
whereby the laminate 7 can flex back and again connect with the
wall 10.
[0007] The resilient decorative laminate is constituted of at least
one decorative sheet, preferably of .alpha.-cellulose impregnated
with melamine-formaldehyde resin and a underlying support sheet of
a thermoplastic material, preferably a polyolefin. The laminate
also includes one or more so-called overlay sheets of
.alpha.-cellulose impregnated with melamine-formaldehyde resin
which are placed in front of the decorative sheet. The laminate has
a wear resistance measured as IP>3000 turns.
[0008] The invention is not limited by the embodiments shown since
these can be varied in different ways within scope of the
invention.
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