JPH1061152A - Floor panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To inexpensively decorate it, and reduce manufacturing cost by fixing a surface material by a surface fastener to a surface of a form base board by integrally molding a leg part and a base board or the surface material to a form by fitting-in of an elastic body to the form from above the surface material. SOLUTION: In a surface material 4, a surface fastener member composed of a combination of a hook and a loop is arranged on its reverse and a form, or the four corners of a rectangular or square surface material 4 are joined to the form. Or a connecting cylinder is made around the form as a fitting member 5, and a leg 2 or a connecting column of an adjacent floor panel to be connected to the inside of the cylinder is fitted, and a connected floor panel form 1 is fixed. In this case, a hook type fastener 7 is stuck to the reverse of the surface material 4, and a loop type fastener 7' is stuck to an upper surface of the form. Therefore, design of a surface can be inexpensively and easily changed, and the surface material 4 is made freely mountable on and demountable from the form, and it can be remodelled according to a desire.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a floor panel used for a veranda or the like, and more particularly to a floor panel whose manufacturing cost is low and whose design can be easily changed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been known to manufacture floor panels by injection molding. As a method of decorating the surface of the floor panel, a method of attaching a surface material such as a stone, terrazzo, or a piece of wood to the surface after the floor panel is formed has been adopted.

[0003]

However, it is expensive to decorate a floor panel with a surface material such as a stone, terrazzo, or a piece of wood, and a low-cost surface decoration has been required. Also, once pasted, the design cannot be easily replaced.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive floor panel in which the surface of a mold obtained by injection molding is decorated with a surface material detachable by a holder.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The gist of the present invention is a floor panel in which a surface material is removably attached to the surface of a substrate of a mold in which a leg and a substrate are integrally formed.

Hereinafter, the floor panel of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the floor panel of the present invention when a surface material is separated, and FIG. 2 is a plan view of the floor panel. 1 is a floor panel formwork. In the floor panel form 1, the legs 2 and the substrate 3 are integrally formed by, for example, injection molding of a synthetic resin such as an ABS resin, a polypropylene resin, a polyethylene resin, or an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The floor panel form 1 preferably has, for example, a saw-like shape in which the substrate 3 crosses a crosspiece, and a water-permeable structure having other through holes. In the floor panel formwork, the place where the surface material is attached may be concave.

The surface material 4 is installed at the same position as the peripheral edge of the floor panel form or at a position slightly inside. This surface material is removable from the mold. The surface material may be solid, but may be a printed pattern or other stone pattern or wood pattern. The material is preferably natural stone, wood, artificial stone, plastic plate, ceramic plate, or artificial turf.

The surface material may be provided with a hook-and-loop combination of hook and loop on the back surface and the mold, or may be screwed at four corners of a rectangular or square surface material, or a locking member may be provided between the surface materials. It is combined with the mold by the method of fitting. Further, as the fitting member 5, for example, a connecting cylinder is formed around the formwork, and the leg 2 of the adjacent floor panel 6 'connected to the inside of the cylinder or the connecting column is fitted and connected. Make sure that the formwork does not come off easily. According to the present invention, a floor panel 6 which is inexpensive and whose surface design can be easily changed can be obtained.

The following is an example of a method for joining the surface material and the formwork. A hook-type fastener 7 is provided on the back surface of the surface material.
And a loop-type fastener 7 'is attached to the upper surface of the mold. This makes the surface material detachable from the mold,
The floor panel 6, which can be redesigned as desired, is completed.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the floor panel in which the surface material is screwed to the formwork and joined. Holes are formed in the four corners of the rectangular or square surface material, and the holes are formed in the form at corresponding positions, and screws 8 are passed through the holes to connect the surface material and the form. Thereby, the surface material becomes detachable from the formwork, and the floor panel 9 that can be redesigned as desired is completed.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the locking member. Reference numeral 10 denotes a locking member. The entire locking member is made of an elastic body,
There is a locking portion 11 having an arrowhead-shaped barb at the tip, and a locking member top 12 having an umbrella-shaped cross section is integrally formed at the tip opposite to the handle to which the arrowhead-shaped portion is attached. The locking portion of the locking member is fitted into a groove provided between the joined form frames, and the surface material is pressed down and fixed by the locking member top.
The top of the locking member may be a band or a circle when viewed from above. If the shape seen from the top of the top of the locking member is circular,

[0010] Instead of the screw in the above, the surface material can be locked.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a floor panel using the locking member. The molds 13, 13 'provided with half of the edge locking member fitting groove are brought into edge contact with each other to form a complete locking member fitting groove 14. Surface materials 15, 1 on each formwork
5 'is laid so as not to cover the groove for fitting the locking member, the locking member 10 is fitted in the groove, the tip 11 of the locking member in the shape of an arrowhead does not easily come off in the groove 14, and the top of the locking member The floor panel 16 is obtained by pressing the surface material by 12 and fixing the surface material and the formwork by the locking portion.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the floor panel of FIG.
In this way, the locking member fitting grooves 14 are formed on all sides of the mold, and the locking members 10 are fitted into the respective grooves, and the surface material 15 is fixed to the mold. Thereby, the surface material becomes detachable from the formwork, and the floor panel 16 that can be redesigned as desired is completed.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view of a locking member of another embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a plan view of a floor panel using the locking member of FIG. The locking member 17 has four projections 18, and an umbrella-shaped locking member top 19 is formed on the opposite side of the projections. Through holes 21 are formed in the four corners of the formwork 20 of the floor panel, and when the floor panels are arranged in a plane, the through holes 21 in one corner of four adjacent floor panels each have a square shape. It is formed to be the top. The protrusions 18 of the locking member 17 are fitted into the through-holes forming the apexes of the square, respectively, so that the umbrella-shaped tops 19 press and fix the surface materials on the adjacent floor panels. In addition, the locking member top 1
The shape as viewed from the upper surface of 9 is not particularly determined, but after the work is performed to lock the surface material on the floor panel, the locking member top 19 must cover the surface material as viewed from the upper surface.
Thereby, the surface material becomes detachable from the formwork, and the floor panel 22 that can be redesigned as desired is completed.

[0015]

Examples are shown below. (Example 1) A square having dimensions of 150 mm on a side and a 145 mm square plane in the center and a hook-and-loop fastener in the center with a connection cylinder and a leg of 10 mm in height, which can be connected to each other by injection molding of ABS resin. To obtain a floor panel formwork. Separately, a surface material obtained by attaching a hook-and-loop fastener to the back surface of an acrylic plate having a stone pattern on the surface was attached to the surface of the floor panel formwork to obtain the floor panel of the present invention.
The obtained floor panel had a very natural stone pattern on the surface, and the floor panel could be freely connected by having a connecting cylinder that could be connected to other legs. Further, the surface material of the floor panel was fixed to the formwork with a hook-and-loop fastener, and was freely detachable.

(Example 2) A square having dimensions of 150 mm on one side and 14 mm in the center, provided with connecting cylinders and legs having a height of 10 mm which can be connected to each other by injection molding of ABS resin.
A floor panel formwork having a 5 mm square plane and four fitting holes at the four corners was obtained. An acrylic plate having a stone pattern on its surface was placed at the center of the floor panel formwork, and four corners were fixed with nylon screws to obtain the floor panel of the present invention. The obtained floor panel had a very natural stone pattern on the surface, and the floor panel could be freely connected by having a connecting cylinder that could be connected to other legs. Further, the surface material of the floor panel was freely removable.

(Embodiment 3) A half of a groove for fitting a locking member is provided at an end line of a mold having a cylindrical fitting member and a 10 mm-high leg which can be connected to each other by injection molding of ABS resin. A 100 mm × 900 mm rectangular floor panel form was obtained. As for the fitting groove, a perfect groove was obtained by contacting an adjacent formwork. This formwork is arranged with its sides touching in the plane direction,
A woodgrain-like plastic plate is laid as a surface material on the upper surface of the formwork so as not to cover the groove, and a locking portion with an arrowhead-like return is provided at the tip and a locking member top having an umbrella-shaped cross section is provided on the opposite side, The surface member was fixed by fitting the locking member formed of the nylon elastic body into the locking member fitting groove, and the floor panel of the present invention was obtained. The obtained floor panel had an extremely natural woodgrain pattern on the surface, and the floor panel could be freely connected by having a connecting cylinder that could be connected to other legs. Further, the surface material of the floor panel was freely removable.

[0018]

The present invention has the following effects by decorating the floor panel with a removable surface material. Compared with the conventional decoration by decoration or printing of a stone or a piece of wood, the decoration can be performed at a lower cost, and the manufacturing cost is reduced. Arbitrary patterns such as a very natural texture pattern could be easily applied to the floor panel. The design was easily changed because it was decorated with a removable surface material. By providing the fitting structure, construction could be easily performed over a wide range.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1: Sectional view of the floor panel of the present invention FIG. 2: Plan view of the floor panel of FIG. 1 FIG. 3: Plan view of another embodiment of the floor panel of the present invention FIG. FIG. 6: Plan view of floor panel of FIG. 5 FIG. 7: Cross-sectional view of locking member of another embodiment FIG. 8: Invention of the present application using locking member of FIG. Floor panel floor plan

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Floor panel frame 4: Surface material 5: Fitting member 6: Floor panel of the present invention 8: Screw 10: Locking member 14: Locking member fitting groove 17: Locking member 21: Through hole

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A floor panel wherein a surface material is detachably attached to a surface of a substrate of a mold in which a leg and a substrate are integrally formed. 2. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein the detachable means is a hook-and-loop fastener. 3. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein the detachable means fits the elastic body into the form from above the surface and fixes the surface to the form. 4. The floor panel according to claim 1, wherein adjacent panels are not separated by connecting means.