ES1059810U - Floor covering part. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Piece of floor covering, characterized by its paneled sheet shape. The piece is composed of three elements: the element a consists of a paneled sheet body manufactured from a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material, a rigid or semi-rigid metallic material, or combinations of rigid or semi-rigid plastic and metal materials. The underside of element a is resistant to friction with the floor. The element b are inks that form a variable image or graphic design that are printed on the upper face of the element a. The element c is a transparent or semitransparent sheet whose upper face is made of a material of non-slip nature and whose lower face is of an adhesive material, which adheres to element b. The unión of the three elements forms a compact laminar body. the piece has recesses (d) and projections (e) in the form of a semicircle or similar that allow it to be joined to other pieces of lining to form floors or various forms. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Floor covering piece.

Object of the invention

The present invention, as expressed in the set forth in this specification, refers to a piece of floor covering consisting of a paneled laminar body which is placed on the ground remaining motionless and on which an image or graphic design protected by a sheet has been printed non-slip transparent, allowing communication or graphic setting on the floor. This lining piece for soil has incoming and outgoing semicircle shaped or similar that allow assembling the piece to others, forming the set of several pieces of floor covering, once assembled, a floor or various shapes, so that the pieces are perfectly fitted together and mounted in a stable way, but allowing the subsequent dismemberment and recomposition of each of the pieces and therefore its reuse and relocation

The novelty of this invention is that the piece standing on the ground remains motionless and fixed in one place concrete for long periods of time and without the need for stick; It is reusable at the user's discretion how many times want and relocate elsewhere in an easy way since the Incoming and outgoing assembly system in the form of semicircle or similar of each piece allow the union and dismemberment of the piece to other cladding parts for ground.

The utility of the invention is that once assembled a set of floor covering pieces they can form a soil or various shapes providing a graphic ambience of the ground, allowing to collect any design, size and format of the coating as a whole and allowing the use in all types of interior floors, being Easily removable, relocatable and reusable. The invention It can have multiple purposes such as decorative advertising, promotional, whether to make decorations or advertising on floors of commercial establishments, fairs, etc.

Field of the Invention

This invention has its application within the industry dedicated to interior and exterior decoration, manufacture of advertising elements and graphic image and corporate in general

Background of the invention

So far the graphic setting systems on the ground they are basically solved in the following ways:

1. Adhesives of soil composed of one or more pieces, but which should always be glued to the floor when placed for use, it is impossible to relocation or reuse, as it is not feasible to change them from place without spoiling them or affecting their properties originals

These adhesives of floor are composed of a printed adhesive sheet, which by a side is glued to the ground and on the other it is printed by means of digital printing, screen printing or offset, depending on its size and No. of requested units of the same design. That sheet Printed adhesive is protected by covering the printed side of the sheet with a semi-transparent non-slip film applied on the color printed by lamination. Once this is done, you proceed to your court, There is the possibility of providing the adhesive in a different way and size.

2. Platforms, platforms, pedestals ... of wood, plastic, metal or combinations of these materials, carpets, carpets and others three-dimensional pieces of furniture that are placed on the floor and that allowed to differentiate or particularize a soil area Regarding others. These solutions usually also remain anchored to the ground, do not allow the realization of graphic designs varied easily and quickly and often need the different pieces or elements that make up the set must be joined together permanently or semi-permanently, thereby it is very difficult to disassemble and transfer, often doing The use of specialized assemblers is necessary.

3. Decorating of so that the decoration becomes an integral part of the floor, such as paint or lacquered or painted tiles, which is not removable or repositionable without severely affecting soil characteristics where decoration is made.

The applicant has no record of the existence of any invention currently configured similar to the invention object of the present specification descriptive

Description of the invention

The present invention is a piece of floor covering consisting of three elements: a paneled sheet body (A) made of a plastic material rigid or semi-rigid, a rigid or semi-rigid metallic material, or combinations of rigid plastic and metal materials or semi-rigid, which by its lower face is resistant to friction with the ground, this being the one that will be placed on the same; a combination of inks (B) that configure an image or graphic design and that through printing systems, screen printing or digital printing is printed on the upper side of element A; and a transparent or semi-transparent sheet (C) whose upper face It is made of a non-slip material and whose lower face is adhesive, which sticks on the upper face of the item A already printed.

This floor covering piece has incoming (D) and outgoing (E) in the form of a semicircle or similar that allow it to be assembled with other floor covering pieces, matching the projections of the piece with the entrances of another, so that a set of several lining pieces for floor assembled together form a floor or various shapes, leaving the pieces of the set perfectly fitted and assembled in a fixed and stable way on the ground.

The pieces are placed in a position predetermined within the cladding assembly, depending on Configure an image or graphic setting.

The assembly system allows dismemberment and subsequent recomposition of the parts of the lining assembly elsewhere.

The aforementioned invention has as a first feature of novelty that when placing the lining piece on the floor it remains immobile and fixed for long periods of time, without the need to use an adhesive system and that is due to the manufacture of the pieces with a material resistant to friction with the ground. A piece or set of floor covering pieces remains fixed, stable and mounted on the floor due to the interaction of the weight of the floor covering assembly with the floor and the assembly system of the pieces by means of semicircle-shaped recesses and projections.
Similary.

Another feature of novelty is the possibility of reusing the floor covering piece, without deterioration of the same and without loss of its original qualities or performance after its previous use and the relocation of the piece or set of floor covering parts anywhere else, since Due to the assembly system, the set of parts of floor covering can be dismembered and then recomposed, dismantling easily, quickly and without the need for tools or specialized personnel.

The advantages that derive from the referred novelty characteristics as well as the materials that they intervene in their manufacture compared to other previous alternatives to perform communication or graphic setting on the floor They are:

- Ease of drip manufacturing on demand, in addition to long industrial series. You can make a serial model or custom units.

- Adaptability to any shape, size, colors and number of parts of the cladding assembly according to customer or user specifications in the definition of draft. It is like a tailored suit.

- Stability of the lining piece of floor and cladding assembly once assembled. To be of a product designed to make great graphic decorations, the The coating's own weight and its resistance to friction with the ground makes it very difficult for it to move or to disassemble, leaving this motionless, stable and mounted. Likewise, in the coating manufacturing materials are used stable to temperature changes and clearances in the cut are taken into account of each piece of the lining, which allow to control small dilations or contractions caused by changes in temperature in the place where the lining is installed. Thus, it is sufficient that the floor covering piece and The cladding assembly will be placed on the floor without need to glue it or anchor it to the ground of any other shape.

- Strength of the lining piece for ground. The materials used are resistant to rubbing, treading and to step on the arrangement of various elements such as carts, motorcycles, cars ... Likewise, these materials are resistant to the water and to the typical products with which the floors of commercial places, which can be cleaned repeatedly Without deteriorating.

- Neutrality with respect to the ground. As the piece of siding is placed and rests simply on the floor and the support face is smooth, the coating does not alter or mark the floor nor deteriorates it in any way.

- Easy assembly and disassembly of a piece with others due to the assembly system of incoming and outgoing that allow to assemble and disassemble the pieces of the set of floor covering as many times as necessary since they are not necessary neither special tools nor training of any kind. The assembly is as intuitive and easy as the assembly of A puzzle for children.

- Ease of storage, relocation and parts reuse. The paneling system of the pieces The lining allows easy storage without occupying a lot of space when stacking the paneled pieces of the lining a over another, putting them in a conventional packaging box.

The coating can be changed instead of fast and easy way without any deterioration and with no staff specialized. This feature provides a significant advantage. compared to other solutions described above, for example to make decorations on car dealer floors under cars in showrooms, or on floors of commercial stands or fairs or events, for example.

- Easy to make and print any design, decoration or graphic message elaborated in a process previous creative, through the use of printing techniques Digital or silkscreen.

- Ease to perform any form and desired paneling thickness by employing techniques of die cutting, milling, plotter cutting, laser cutting or water jet cutting

Brief description of the drawings

Figure 1: Shows the position of the three elements that make up the floor covering piece: the paneled sheet body (A), the inks (B) that make up the Image or graphic design and non-slip transparent sheet (C), appreciating their thickness and characteristics opaque and translucent. Element A is the base of the coating; its lower face is the one that will be placed on the ground and its face upper is printed by the inks (B) that configure the image or graphic design, completely covering the upper face of the element A. After this step, the transparent sheet (C) is adhered to the element A already printed, allowing a translucent vision (dotted clear) of the image or graphic design configured by the inks

Figure 2: Set of cladding pieces for floor, which once assembled through the recesses (D) and protrusions (E) in the form of a semicircle of each piece form a ground or a shape.

Description of a preferred embodiment

The floor covering piece is composed of three different elements, as can be seen in Figure number 1 attached. The three elements are indicated as A, B and C.

Element TO

It is a paneled laminar body consisting of a rigid rigid or semi-rigid sheet made of a plastic material or metallic or combinations of both types of materials.

This paneled laminar body has two faces, each with a specific function; one face is the one that will go placed on the ground and the other side is likely to be Full color printing by screen printing or digital printing. its thickness can be variable and also its color, according to the preferences of the end user or customer. The material of which make up this element is stable, resistant to friction with the soil, resistant to water and logical temperature variations in interiors of commercial spaces such as concessionaires of  automobile, supermarkets, shops of all kinds, pavilions of fairs and exhibitions ...

Element B

It is the ink or tonner that is fixed on one of the faces of element A configuring a graphic design. It prints in the same by means of serigraphy or diverse printing systems digital, with the subsequent drying of the ink or tonner once applied (printed) on element A. Drying can occur by heat, ultraviolet light, infrared rays or combinations of these drying methods.

Element C

It is a flexible and transparent sheet or semi-transparent, made of pvc, polystyrene, polycarbonate or combinations of these materials, which has an adhesive transparent on its underside and that is textured by its upper face, so that this texturing provides non-slip properties on the upper face. This sheet is paste on the printed side of element A, the face being exposed  upper textured element C.

The image or graphic design printed on the element A by employing element B is perfectly visible through element C.

The union of the three elements in manufacturing of the lining piece is made by the following process:

one.

He element B is fixed on one of the faces of element A by serigraphic or digital printing and by drying using heat, ultraviolet light, infrared rays or combinations of these types drying

2.

A Once the element B is fixed on the element A, it is glued on the face printed of element A, the underside and adhesive of the element C by cold or hot rolling, after removing from element C a paper that protects the adhesive from your face lower.

After the union of the 3 elements, the coating is configured as a compact laminar body and is cut into pieces. The cutting can be done by die cutting using previously manufactured cutting molds, or in a milling machine, cutting plotter, laser cutting or water jet cutting, cutting methods for which it is not necessary to make molds of any kind. When cutting the different pieces that make up the floor covering, assembly forms are created at the edges of the pieces: the semicircle inlets and projections or similar, which allow to easily and stably join the different pieces of the coating with each other, so that the coating will be perfectly mounted and will be stable once it is mounted on the
ground.

Claims (2)

1. Piece of floor covering, characterized by its paneled laminar shape. The piece is composed of three elements: element A consists of a paneled sheet body made from a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material, a rigid or semi-rigid metal material, or combinations of rigid or semi-rigid plastic and metal materials. The underside of element A is resistant to friction with the ground. Element B are inks that configure an image or variable graphic design that are printed on the upper face of element A. Element C is a transparent or semi-transparent sheet whose upper face is made of a non-slip material and whose lower face is of an adhesive material, which adheres to the element B. The union of the three elements forms a compact laminar body. The piece has incoming (D) and outgoing (E) in semicircle shape or similar that allows it to be joined to other parts of coating to form floors or various forms. 2. Floor covering piece according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it can be reused and relocated elsewhere. It can be used as decorative or advertising element.