EP1364359B1 - Floor carpet - Google Patents

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EP1364359B1
EP1364359B1 EP02716542A EP02716542A EP1364359B1 EP 1364359 B1 EP1364359 B1 EP 1364359B1 EP 02716542 A EP02716542 A EP 02716542A EP 02716542 A EP02716542 A EP 02716542A EP 1364359 B1 EP1364359 B1 EP 1364359B1
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
    • G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated

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  • the invention refers to a floor carpet according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the invention relates to the furniture and carpet industry, but is not limited to these.
  • Various types of carpets are used at entrances which being passed by many people. These carpets have for advertisement purpose an information means, in the state of a sign with an advertisement, logotype or the like, applied to the carpet visible to the people passing onto or next to the floor carpet. Some carpets are also designed for permanent advertising.
  • the floor carpets with permanent signs and with removable signs.
  • the floor carpet as such serves among other things for cleaning the shoes of people and as a carrier of said sign.
  • the floor carpets are also subjected to transportation to a laundry, then being re-used at the entrances.
  • the invention also relates to carpets which are used at other places in a building than entrances or outdoors.
  • Known constructions comprise a plurality of removable parts, which may involve functional disorder which in turn means, when applying the advertisement to the carpet, great effort for mounting personnel, such as a shopkeeper. This leads in turn to unnecessary great costs.
  • the construction also involves that soil and water from shoes find its way into the slits of the construction. This means that the life of the advertising sheet is reduced. Additionally, the cleaning cost will become unnecessary great.
  • a subject to be solved by the present invention is to set aside said disadvantages of known floor carpets arranged for information means, such as advertising signs etc.
  • the subject of the present invention is also to achieve a floor carpet, which is simple to handle and which is not causing the information means damage when using the carpet.
  • a further object of the invention is to achieve a floor carpet, which is easy to transport while the carpet proves a good strength.
  • a further object of the invention is to make the entire carpet washable, wherein the floor carpet for this purpose proves a sufficient strength.
  • the floor carpet can be used for elements similar to sheets in a cost-effective manner, at the same time as the handling of the floor carpet is made easy.
  • a person collecting carpets for cleaning does thus not need to perform a time-consuming work for transportation and stacking of the carpets, since the carpets according to the invention to a great degree resist outer influence.
  • the carpet can resist outer influence, such as impacts and onto the carpet pressing objects.
  • the application surface raised above the upper plane of the base for producing a surface of said element, free from water, dust or other soiling material by that the eventually on the element lying fouling and the water, by means of the law of gravitation, effort from the higher situated application surface towards the upper plane of the base.
  • the application surface can be kept clean from water and soil, which means longer life of such advertising sheet.
  • the reinforcement also means that the plane of the base not will be exposed for harmful sunlight, which will yield a longer life of the floor carpet according to the invention.
  • the reinforcing portion constitutes the warp of the floor carpet. Accordingly, the production of a floor carpet comprising a warp can be simplified, since the warp does not have to be removed within the area of the recess. The warp contributes to an increased strength within the area of the recess.
  • the application surface Suitably has the application surface its extension essentially in the same plane as an upper plane of the wearing course. In this way the life of the advertising sheet is lengthened since the edges of the advertising sheet effective are protected from kicks. The achieved framing of the advertising sheet will also be aesthetic pleasing.
  • the reinforcing portion constitutes a flexible support layer permanent fixed to the upper plane of the base, wherein an upper plane of said flexible support layer represents said application surface.
  • the floor carpet can be wind-up, wherein the transport of the floor carpet will be cost-effective, at the same time as the strength is satisfactory within the area of the recess of the floor carpet.
  • the floor carpet and the reinforcing portion are in the state of the support layer made of rubber being fastened to each other by means of vulcanization.
  • a floor carpet is achieved with a heavy mass within the area of the recess, which means that the floor carpet will be stable in its unrolled state on the floor and thus will not have the tendency to fold if a person kicks the floor carpet.
  • the vulcanization implies a cost-efficient method to permanent fasten the reinforcing portion, or the support layer, wherein also eventual pile of nylon can be covered by the support layer.
  • the reinforcing portion is so stiff that the floor carpet within the area of the recess can be kept flat when the floor carpet is placed on the floor, but at the same time so flexible that it permits an up-winding of the floor carpet by hand.
  • the reinforcing portion in the state of the support layer, presents with at least a portion of the application surface, a slight inclined plane, which plane in relation to a horizontal plane presents an angle with its end adjacent to the side edge of the support layer, wherein said support layer obtains a slight arched application surface.
  • a slight inclined plane which plane in relation to a horizontal plane presents an angle with its end adjacent to the side edge of the support layer, wherein said support layer obtains a slight arched application surface.
  • the wearing course comprises a pile, wherein the pile is adjacent to the side edge of the support layer.
  • the ends of the pile lie close to the area of the side edge of the support layer, which makes the drainage of water and soil downwards to the upper plane of the base further easier.
  • the floor carpet with a mounted advertising sheet an aesthetic pleasing appearance, since the advertising sheet achieves a framing by means of the pile.
  • the pile within the area around the advertising sheet can thus receive water and soil in all directions in direction from the advertising sheet.
  • a thickness of the support layer corresponding to the height of the pile, within the area of the recess means that a heavy mass is obtained within this area. This means that the floor carpet lies steadily on the floor in the state unrolled, and thus will be kept in position together with the advertising sheet if a person kicks the floor carpet.
  • At least one groove is arranged at the upper plane of the base and adjacent to the side edge of the support layer.
  • water and soil can be collected within the upper plane of the base in an efficient manner, by that the distribution of water take place in an effective way along the whole length of the groove, which means that further water can be led away from the application surface and from that thereto applied advertising sheet.
  • At least one shoulder is formed at the application surface within the area of the side edge of the support layer, wherein the shoulder is higher than the thickness of the element similar to sheets.
  • Fig. 1 shows in perspective a floor carpet 1 according to the invention.
  • Fig. 1A shows a cross section of the floor carpet 1 according to the indicated section A-A in fig. 1.
  • the floor carpet 1 is designed as an information carrier for removable elements 3 similar to sheets, such as advertising sheets 4.
  • Onto the upper side of the advertising sheet 4 is an advertising print 5 made.
  • the floor carpet 1 comprises a base 7 and a wearing course 9.
  • the floor carpet 1 is made of rubber and the wearing course 9 is represented by a pile 11 (see also fig. 2).
  • the pile 11 is made of nylon.
  • the floor carpet 1 comprises a recess 13.
  • the recess 13 has been achieved by way of removing the pile 11 within the area of the recess 13.
  • the recess 13 can also be produced by that the pile 11, during the application of the pile 11 to a warp 15 (see fig. 2), is not arranged to said warp 15 within the area of the recess 13.
  • the advertising sheet 4 can be placed into the recess 13 and attached by means of self-adhesive tape (not shown) and so removable from the with pile uncovered base 7 of the floor carpet 1, which base according to this embodiment constitutes an application surface 19 with an essentially horizontal extension principally along the same plane as the upper plane 21 of the base 7 (see fig. 2).
  • the advertising sheet 4 can also comprise a ready-pasted bonding surface (not shown), a so called adhesive reverse.
  • the warp 15 makes a reinforcement of the floor carpet 1 within the area of the recess 13 and thus constitutes a reinforcing portion of the floor carpet 1 according to the invention.
  • a flexible support layer 17 at the base 7 arranged for the advertising sheet 4 constitutes in this embodiment a reinforcing portion within the area of the recess 13.
  • the support layer 17 comprises an essentially plane application surface 19, which onto the advertising sheet 4 can be applied by self-adhesive tape.
  • glueing which is possible to break up, joint by Velcro ⁇ fastening, staples etc.
  • the reinforcing portion arranged within the area of the recess 13 according to the invention results in that the floor carpet 1 in an up-wounded state within the area of the recess 13 can maintain its form and that the recess 13 achieves sufficient strength to resist shocks and bumps.
  • the service personnel can also wind-up the floor carpet 1 together with the flexible advertising sheet 4, and the advertising sheet 4 is removed from the floor carpet 1 afterwards at the laundry.
  • the invention thus involves that the advertising sheet 4 is protected from damage during the transport.
  • the support layer 17 and the base 7 of the floor carpet 1 are made of rubber.
  • the base 7 and the support layer 17 are fastened to each other by means of vulcanization.
  • the support layer 17 is so stiff that the floor carpet 1 within the area of the recess 13 can be kept flat when the floor carpet is placed on a floor (not shown), but at the same time so flexible that it permits an up-winding of the floor carpet by hand.
  • the support layer 17 shown in fig. 1B and fig. 2 has a thickness, which implies that the application surface 19 of the support layer 17 will be placed at a distance above the upper plane 21 of the base 7.
  • the advertising sheet 4 will be free from water, soil and dust. This means that objects, such as loose particles, due to the laws of nature, effort from a higher position to a lower position.
  • the water or the soil drain off the application surface 19 with at this surface applied advertising sheet 4
  • the water and soil particles will be collected onto the upper plane 21 of the base 7 in the pile 11.
  • the advertising sheet 4 of the floor carpet 1 can be kept clean from water and dust, this will imply savings in costs regarding the production of the advertising sheets 4 and gives an aesthetic pleasing appearance at an entrance (not shown) where the floor carpet 1 can be placed.
  • fig. 2 is shown how the support layer 17 has a thickness such that its application layer 19 will have an extension after a plane essentially corresponding to an upper plane 10 of said wearing course 9. This accomplish a protection for the advertising sheet 4.
  • the support layer 17 is permanently fastened at the base 7.
  • the distinction between the support layer 17 and the base 7 is shown with a dashed and dotted line L.
  • a thickness of the support layer corresponding to the height of the pile, within the area of the recess, permits that a heavy mass is reached within this area. This means that the floor carpet lies stable in its unrolled state on the floor and thus, together with the advertising sheet, will be in place if a person kicks the floor carpet.
  • Fig. 3 shows schematically a cross-section of a portion of a floor carpet 1 according to a third embodiment.
  • the reinforcing potion is according to this embodiment designed as a support layer 17 with a portion of the application surface 19 with an inclined plane 23.
  • the extension of the plane 23 has, relatively to a horizontal plane h, an angle ⁇ .
  • the inclined plane 23 is ended at the side edge 25 of the support layer 17, wherein the application surface 19 will have its lowest point at this area.
  • the application surface 19 is thus slight arched, which facilitates the draining of soil and water from the advertising sheet 4.
  • the arch is such that the draining is facilitated at the same time the application of advertising sheets 4 will be more easy and this will be free from soil particles and water.
  • the pile 11 of the wearing course 9 is adjacent to the side edge 25 of the support layer 17.
  • the part of the pile which is positioned nearest the side edge 25 is marked with 12.
  • the advertising sheet 4 will achieve an aesthetic pleasing framing, where the pile 12 at the same time will bring about an additionally draining of water from the application surface 19. That is, a draining occurs when the end of the pile 12 will come into contact with the corner 14.
  • This contact between pile and application surface 14 is shown in fig. 3 and the pile 12' as a dotted line.
  • Fig. 4 shows schematically a portion of a floor carpet 1 according to the second embodiment.
  • this floor carpet 1 has the support layer 17 been mounted by means of vulcanization directly onto the upper side plane 21 of the base 7 with the pile intact, as is shown with the reference sign 11'.
  • the vulcanization leads to that the pile 11' of nylon melt at the distinction between the support layer 17 and the base 7 of rubber.
  • Fig. 5 shows schematically a portion of a floor carpet 1 according to a fourth embodiment.
  • a groove 26 is achieved by that the wearing course 9, in form of winded pile 27, starts with a distance from the side edge 25 of the support layer 17.
  • the groove 26 is arranged at the upper plane 21 of the base and adjacent to the side edge 25 of the support layer 17 and extends around the support layer 17, which means that the water can be evenly distributed onto the upper plane 21 of the base 7 in cavities 20 of the wearing course 9.
  • the width X of the groove 26 is approximately 0,25 -1,5 cm, preferably 0,5 -1,0 cm.
  • a shoulder 31 is formed at the application surface 19 within the area of the side edge 25 of the support layer 17.
  • the shoulder 31 is formed for protecting the edge of the advertising sheet 4 and has a height, which extends above the thickness of the advertising sheet 4. In this way the shoulder 31 protects the advertising sheet 4 from getting damaged by for example the tip of a toe (not shown).
  • Channels 35 are formed with an upper opening 37 arranged at a lowest point of the application surface 19 and with a lower outlet 39 ending at the side edge 25. In such way water also can be removed from the total area of the application surface 19.
  • a fifth embodiment of the invention In fig. 6 is shown a fifth embodiment of the invention.
  • the application surface 19 of a support layer 17' has its extension essentially along the same plane as the upper side plane 21 of the base 7, but with a, relatively to a lower plane N of the base 7, slight inclined plane S. In such way water and soil can drain off from the advertising sheet 4 and this remains clean.
  • the wearing course 9 comprises in this embodiment a so called not cut pile 32, where the warp is omitted and the reinforcing portion constitutes said support layer 17'.
  • the floor carpet 1 is formed as an information carrier for removable element 3 similar to sheets, such as advertising sheet 4, which floor carpet 1 comprises a base 7 and a wearing course 9.
  • the floor carpet 1 is preferably made of nitrile rubber or the like.
  • the wearing course 9, which for example constitutes a so called twisted cut pile, is preferably made of nylon or other synthetic materials. Of course, also cotton or other natural material can be used.
  • the warp 15 is preferably made of a synthetic material and holds the pile 11. Of course, also natural material can be used.
  • the reinforcing portion is formed as a flexible support layer 17 of rubber and with a thickness approximately corresponding to the height of the pile 11, a mass is achieved within the area of the recess 13, which will give the floor carpet 1 a stable position on a floor.
  • the base 7 is preferably made of rubber and is vulcanized with the support layer 17. In such manner a high strength within the area of the recess 13 is achieved.
  • the support layer 17 can be joined with the base 7 by means of other fixing methods, such as gluing.
  • the removable element similar to sheets, such as the advertising sheet 4, is flexible and can be made of plastic.
  • the fastening of the advertising sheet 4 can be done by means of tape, adhesive on both sides, Velcro ⁇ fastening, an adhesive reverse side of the advertising sheet 4 etc.

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SE0100319A SE518311C2 (sv) 2001-02-01 2001-02-01 Golvmatta
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