GB1603652A - Construction unit for doorway wall or floor - Google Patents

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GB1603652A
GB1603652A GB2752377A GB2752377A GB1603652A GB 1603652 A GB1603652 A GB 1603652A GB 2752377 A GB2752377 A GB 2752377A GB 2752377 A GB2752377 A GB 2752377A GB 1603652 A GB1603652 A GB 1603652A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
    • E06B1/62—Tightening or covering joints between the border of openings and the frame or between contiguous frames
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F19/00—Other details of constructional parts for finishing work on buildings
    • E04F19/02—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves
    • E04F19/04—Borders; Finishing strips, e.g. beadings; Light coves for use between floor or ceiling and wall, e.g. skirtings
    • E04F19/0495—Plinths fixed around wall openings or around corners of walls
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
    • E06B1/04—Frames for doors, windows, or the like to be fixed in openings
    • E06B1/26—Frames of plastics
    • E06B1/30—Frames of plastics composed of several parts with respect to the cross-section of the frame itself
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E06—DOORS, WINDOWS, SHUTTERS, OR ROLLER BLINDS IN GENERAL; LADDERS
    • E06B—FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES
    • E06B1/00—Border constructions of openings in walls, floors, or ceilings; Frames to be rigidly mounted in such openings
    • E06B1/62—Tightening or covering joints between the border of openings and the frame or between contiguous frames
    • E06B2001/622—Tightening or covering joints between the border of openings and the frame or between contiguous frames especially adapted for door frames; Joint covering devices where the wall surface is parallel to the adjacent door or window frame part

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(54) CONSTRUCTION UNIT FOR DOORWAY, WALL OR FLOOR (71) I JAMES BOOMER of Greenacres, Belsize Road, Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, a British Subject do hereby declare the invention, for which I pray that a patent may be granted to me, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: This invention relates to a construction unit for use in the formation of a fixture for a wall, floor or doorway for example, a skirting board, a door saddle, a door stop or an architrave.
According to the present invention, there is provided for use in formation of a fixture for a wall, floor or doorway, construction unit comprising an elongate plastics facing member and a plurality of mounting members attached to a wall, floor or doorway, the facing member having on its reverse face, strips for snap fitting to said mounting members, and said mounting members each comprising a cylindrical stud having a head portion and a neck portion of reduced diameter relative to the head portion to define a peripheral ledge, the stud attached to the wall, floor or doorway by means of a fastener passing centrally through the head and neck so that the head is spaced from the wall, floor or doorway by said neck and to permit snap-fitting engagement at the peripheral ledge by the strips of the facing member.
Embodiments of the present invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1A is a vertical cross-section of a construction unit according to a first embodiment of the present invention in the form of a skirting board; Figure 1B is a vertical cross-section of the skirting board about to be formed.
Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of a construction unit according to a second embodiment in the form of a door saddle; Figure 3 is an elevation of the top of a doorway; and Figure 4 is a cross-section along any one of the lines IV-IV of Figure 3, to an enlarged scale.
Generally to all embodiments, a construction unit comprises facing members being bar lengths 10 of extruded synthetic plastics material and mounting members being studs 11 of synthetic plastics material. Each bar length 10 has a reverse face provided with two spaced strips 12 extending outwardly away from the face. The strips 12 are parallel to each other and to the side edges of the bar length 10. The outer ends of the strips 12 have opposed, inwardly directed flanges 13 and 14 each with a sloped outwardly directed face 15. Each stud 11 is cylindrical and has a head portion 17A and a neck portion 17B of reduced diameter relative to the neck portion 17A to define a peripheral ledge 16. The head portion 17A has a peripheral outwardly directed, sloped face 18. A bore 19 (Figure 1B) having a recessed entry 20 is provided in each stud 11 co-axially of the head portion 17A and through which a fastener, i.e. a screw or a fixing nail 21 can be passed into a wall 22, a floor 23 of the uprights or head of a doorway 24 to secure said stud 11 to the wall 22 or floor 23. The sloped faces of flanges 13 and 14, and flange 16 are mutually complementary to facilitate snap fitting.
In a first embodiment as shown in Figures 1A and 1B, the construction unit is a skirting board having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted to a wall, an upstanding portion 25 topped with an angled portion 26 which is at an angle of about seventy-five angular degrees to the horizontal and inclined towards the wall 22. The angled portion 26 extends in the same direction as the strips 12.
In use, the skirting board is constructed along the bottom of a wall 22 close to the floor 23 as follows:- a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along the bottom of the wall 22, and a first bar length 10 with its bottom edge resting on the floor 23, is snap-fitted onto the studs 11 and against the wall 22. As the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 are urged against the faces 18 of the studs 11, interaction between the sloped faces 15 and 18 causes the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 to move or flex relatively apart from each other. When the sloped faces 15 of these flanges 13 and 14 are moved beyond the faces 18 of the studs 11 i.e. the sloped faces are no longer in contact, the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 return to their normal unflexed position thereby causing the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 to engage in ledges 16 of the studs 11, thereby securing the bar length 10 to the wall 22 and forming a skirting board. In this position the outer edge of the angled portion 26 abuts against the wall 22. Further bar lengths 10 may be similarly secured as required.
The skirting board may be of a single bar length 10 of extruded material cut to size, or of two or more shorter lengths. The bar lengths 10 may be provided in standard lengths.
The skirting board end edges are mitred when they come together at angled wall junctions at corners of rooms.
In a second embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, the construction unit is a door saddle having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted to a floor 23, a horizontal portion 28 topping two upstanding side portions 29 which extend in the same direction as the strips 12.
In use, the door saddle is constructed on top of a door sill or threshold between the uprights of a doorway 24 as follows:- a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along the sill and a bar length 10, with the bottom edge of both side portions 29 facing the floor 23, is snap-fitted onto the studs 11 with said bottom edges abutting against the floor 23. The interaction between the respective flanges 13 and 14 and faces 18 and ledges 16 is similar to that described in the first embodiment.
In a third embodiment, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the construction unit is a door stop having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted to a prepared upright or head of a doorway 24, a portion 30 and two side portions 31 which extend in the same direction as the strips 12 and are in fact constituted by the outward face of said Strips. The upright or head of a doorway 24 is prepared by a capping member 24A being secured thereto.
In use, a door stop is constructed on a doorway upright or head as follows: a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along or up the upright or head and a bar length 10 is snap-fitted onto the stud 11.
Again, as for the first embodiment, the interaction between the respective flanges, faces 18 and ledges 16 is similar.
In a fourth embodiment, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the construction unit is an architrave two of which are shown, one on each side of the doorway each having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted around a doorway, portion 32 with one longitudinal side portion 33 constituted by the outward face of one of the strips, and the opposite side formed by an angled portion 34 which is at an angle of about seventy-five angular degrees to the horizontal, and sloped towards the doorway opening.
In use, an architrave is constructed on each room side of a doorway upright or head to edge same as follows: a plurality of studs 11 are secured at space intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along or up the side of the upright or head and a bar length 10 is snapped fitted onto the studs.
Similar interaction between the respective flanges, faces and ledges occurs in the same way as for the first embodiment. The profiled obverse faces of the skirting board, door saddle, door stop and architrave may be other than that described without departing from the scope of this invention.
WHAT I CLAIM IS: 1. For use in the formation of a fixture for a wall, floor or doorway, a construction unit comprising an elongate plastics facing member and a plurality of mounting members attached to a wall, floor or doorway, the facing member having on its reverse face strips for snap-fitting to said mounting members, and said mounting members each comprising a cylindrical stud having a head portion and a neck portion of reduced diameter relative to the head portion to define a peripheral ledge, the stud attached to the wall, floor or doorway by means of a fastener passing centrally through the head and neck so that the head is spaced from the wall, floor or doorway by said neck and to permit snap-fitting engagement at the peripheral edge by the strips of the facing member.
2. A construction unit as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the strips and head portion have mutually-complementary sloping faces to facilitate snap-fitting engagement.
3. A construction unit in the form of a skirting board substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1A and 1B of the accompanying drawings.
4. A construction unit in the form of a
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**WARNING** start of CLMS field may overlap end of DESC **. along the bottom of a wall 22 close to the floor 23 as follows:- a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along the bottom of the wall 22, and a first bar length 10 with its bottom edge resting on the floor 23, is snap-fitted onto the studs 11 and against the wall 22. As the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 are urged against the faces 18 of the studs 11, interaction between the sloped faces 15 and 18 causes the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 to move or flex relatively apart from each other. When the sloped faces 15 of these flanges 13 and 14 are moved beyond the faces 18 of the studs 11 i.e. the sloped faces are no longer in contact, the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 return to their normal unflexed position thereby causing the flanges 13 and 14 of the bar length 10 to engage in ledges 16 of the studs 11, thereby securing the bar length 10 to the wall 22 and forming a skirting board. In this position the outer edge of the angled portion 26 abuts against the wall 22. Further bar lengths 10 may be similarly secured as required. The skirting board may be of a single bar length 10 of extruded material cut to size, or of two or more shorter lengths. The bar lengths 10 may be provided in standard lengths. The skirting board end edges are mitred when they come together at angled wall junctions at corners of rooms. In a second embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, the construction unit is a door saddle having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted to a floor 23, a horizontal portion 28 topping two upstanding side portions 29 which extend in the same direction as the strips 12. In use, the door saddle is constructed on top of a door sill or threshold between the uprights of a doorway 24 as follows:- a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along the sill and a bar length 10, with the bottom edge of both side portions 29 facing the floor 23, is snap-fitted onto the studs 11 with said bottom edges abutting against the floor 23. The interaction between the respective flanges 13 and 14 and faces 18 and ledges 16 is similar to that described in the first embodiment. In a third embodiment, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the construction unit is a door stop having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted to a prepared upright or head of a doorway 24, a portion 30 and two side portions 31 which extend in the same direction as the strips 12 and are in fact constituted by the outward face of said Strips. The upright or head of a doorway 24 is prepared by a capping member 24A being secured thereto. In use, a door stop is constructed on a doorway upright or head as follows: a plurality of studs 11 are secured at spaced intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along or up the upright or head and a bar length 10 is snap-fitted onto the stud 11. Again, as for the first embodiment, the interaction between the respective flanges, faces 18 and ledges 16 is similar. In a fourth embodiment, as shown in Figures 3 and 4 the construction unit is an architrave two of which are shown, one on each side of the doorway each having a bar length 10 with an obverse face profiled to present, when fitted around a doorway, portion 32 with one longitudinal side portion 33 constituted by the outward face of one of the strips, and the opposite side formed by an angled portion 34 which is at an angle of about seventy-five angular degrees to the horizontal, and sloped towards the doorway opening. In use, an architrave is constructed on each room side of a doorway upright or head to edge same as follows: a plurality of studs 11 are secured at space intervals in a longitudinal series lengthwise along or up the side of the upright or head and a bar length 10 is snapped fitted onto the studs. Similar interaction between the respective flanges, faces and ledges occurs in the same way as for the first embodiment. The profiled obverse faces of the skirting board, door saddle, door stop and architrave may be other than that described without departing from the scope of this invention. WHAT I CLAIM IS:
1. For use in the formation of a fixture for a wall, floor or doorway, a construction unit comprising an elongate plastics facing member and a plurality of mounting members attached to a wall, floor or doorway, the facing member having on its reverse face strips for snap-fitting to said mounting members, and said mounting members each comprising a cylindrical stud having a head portion and a neck portion of reduced diameter relative to the head portion to define a peripheral ledge, the stud attached to the wall, floor or doorway by means of a fastener passing centrally through the head and neck so that the head is spaced from the wall, floor or doorway by said neck and to permit snap-fitting engagement at the peripheral edge by the strips of the facing member.
2. A construction unit as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the strips and head portion have mutually-complementary sloping faces to facilitate snap-fitting engagement.
3. A construction unit in the form of a skirting board substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 1A and 1B of the accompanying drawings.
4. A construction unit in the form of a
door saddle substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figure 2 of the accompanying drawings.
5. A construction unit in the form of a door stop substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
6. A construction unit in the form of an architrave substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3302244A1 (en) * 1983-01-24 1984-07-26 ROMA Rosemeier GmbH & Co KG, 4973 Vlotho Foundation wall protection terminating strip
GB2236777A (en) * 1989-10-09 1991-04-17 Catherine Holland Skirting board
GB2326429A (en) * 1997-06-19 1998-12-23 Michael David White Decorative embellishment for the walls of a building
GB2379676A (en) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-19 Michael Charles Dudney Skirting cover
GB2422619A (en) * 2004-12-17 2006-08-02 Mark Patrick Grazier Fixing system for decorative lintel or the like
CN105507562A (en) * 2016-01-23 2016-04-20 朱学成 Bonding-free adsorbent wall decoration plate waistline

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3302244A1 (en) * 1983-01-24 1984-07-26 ROMA Rosemeier GmbH & Co KG, 4973 Vlotho Foundation wall protection terminating strip
GB2236777A (en) * 1989-10-09 1991-04-17 Catherine Holland Skirting board
GB2326429A (en) * 1997-06-19 1998-12-23 Michael David White Decorative embellishment for the walls of a building
GB2379676A (en) * 2001-09-12 2003-03-19 Michael Charles Dudney Skirting cover
GB2379676B (en) * 2001-09-12 2005-11-09 Michael Charles Dudney A skirting cover
GB2422619A (en) * 2004-12-17 2006-08-02 Mark Patrick Grazier Fixing system for decorative lintel or the like
CN105507562A (en) * 2016-01-23 2016-04-20 朱学成 Bonding-free adsorbent wall decoration plate waistline

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