IP Library Granted Patent US 9,169,660
Granted Patent B2
US 9,169,660 · App. 13/232,566 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Adhesive threshold bar

Inventors: Jean-Marie Plenet (Colombier-Saugnieu, FR); Michel Gergonne (Oyonnax, FR)
Assignee: 3M Bricolage Et Batiment
E04F19/063
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Patent No.
US 9,169,660
App. No.
13/232,566
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a transition element ( 5 ) formed of an elongated profile, having at its lower surface two first longitudinally-extending adhesive strips, each first strip being adhesive on its surface opposite to the profile, wherein each first strip is obtained by longitudinal folding of a sheet having a second strip glued against the profile.

Claims (22)

1. A floor or wall transition element comprising:

an elongated profile; and

two folded sheets each defining opposing first and second major surfaces and each having an adhesive layer on the corresponding first major surface, the folded sheets each defining longitudinally-extending first and second strips, wherein the second major surface of each of the folded sheets is free of adhesive;

wherein relative to an upright orientation of the floor or wall covering transition element in which an upper surface of the elongated profile is above a lower surface thereof, the first strips are positioned under the elongated profile and the corresponding adhesive first major surface of the first strips is opposite to the elongated profile, and the second strips are each glued to the lower surface of the elongated profile by the corresponding adhesive first major surface;

wherein the floor or wall transition element is capable of being either (1) fixed to a flooring at the junction of two floors of different natures or (2) fixed to a wall at the junction of the wall and another surface of a different nature.

2. The transition element of claim 1 , wherein each of the first strips are, in cross-section, offset towards the inside of the elongated profile with respect to edges thereof.

3. The transition element of claim 1 , further comprising an open longitudinal guide rail projecting from the lower surface of the elongated profile.

4. A floor or wall transition element comprising:

an elongated profile defining an upper surface and a lower surface; and

a folded sheet defining two longitudinally extending first strips each having an adhesive layer, and a second strip, the first strips located at opposite sides of the second strip, respectively;

wherein relative to an upright orientation of the floor or wall transition element in which the upper surface of the elongated profile is above the lower surface, the first strips are positioned under the elongated profile such that the corresponding adhesive layer is opposite to the elongated profile, and the second strip is glued to the upper surface of the elongated profile;

wherein the floor or wall transition element is capable of being either (1) fixed to a flooring at the junction of two floors of different natures or (2) fixed to a wall at the junction of the wall and another surface of a different nature.

5. The transition element of claim 4 , wherein the second strip is a coating of the upper surface of the elongated profile.

6. The transition of element of claim 4 , wherein each of the first strips are, in cross-section, offset towards the inside of the elongated profile with respect to edges thereof.

7. The transition element of claim 4 , further comprising an open longitudinal guide rail projecting from the lower surface of the elongated profile.

8. The transition element of claim 1 , wherein each of the folded sheets includes a support sheet coated with a thin glue.

9. The transition element of claim 8 , wherein the support sheet comprises a material selected from the group consisting of paper and plastic.

10. The transition element of claim 9 , wherein the elongated profile is aluminum.

11. The transition element of claim 1 , wherein the upper surface of the elongated profile is convex and the lower surface of the elongated profile is concave.

12. The transition element of claim 1 , wherein the elongated profile is not folded on to itself.

13. The transition element of claim 1 , wherein only a single fold line is defined in each of the folded sheets.

14. The transition element of claim 4 , wherein the elongated profile defines opposing, first and second edges, and further wherein a first one of the first strips is located at the first edge, and a second one of the first strips is located at the second edge.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: 3M BRICOLAGE ET BATIMENT
To: GERFLOR PROFILES
Reel/Frame 064322/0326 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: GERFLOR PROFILES
To: DINAC
Reel/Frame 064322/0588 →
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2014
From: DINAC
To: 3M BRICOLAGE ET BATIMENT
Reel/Frame 032456/0725 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2011
From: PLENET, JEAN-MARIE; GERGONNE, MICHEL
To: DINAC
Reel/Frame 027229/0173 →
Continuity (1)
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