US20150047286A1 - Modular assembly for covering a floor - Google Patents

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US20150047286A1
US20150047286A1 US14/386,337 US201314386337A US2015047286A1 US 20150047286 A1 US20150047286 A1 US 20150047286A1 US 201314386337 A US201314386337 A US 201314386337A US 2015047286 A1 US2015047286 A1 US 2015047286A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02044—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02038—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements characterised by tongue and groove connections between neighbouring flooring elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02133—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements fixed directly to an underlayer by means of magnets, hook and loop-type or similar fasteners, not necessarily involving the side faces of the flooring elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02194—Flooring consisting of a number of elements carried by a non-rollable common support plate or grid
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/10—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials
    • E04F15/105—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials of organic plastics with or without reinforcements or filling materials
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/10—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials
    • E04F15/107—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements of other materials, e.g. fibrous or chipped materials, organic plastics, magnesite tiles, hardboard, or with a top layer of other materials composed of several layers, e.g. sandwich panels
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02161—Floor elements with grooved main surface
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02044—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer
    • E04F2015/0205—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer
    • E04F2015/02066—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer with additional fastening elements between furring elements and flooring elements
    • E04F2015/02072—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer with additional fastening elements between furring elements and flooring elements the additional fastening elements extending into the back side of the flooring elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04F—FINISHING WORK ON BUILDINGS, e.g. STAIRS, FLOORS
    • E04F15/00—Flooring
    • E04F15/02—Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements
    • E04F15/02044—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer
    • E04F2015/02105—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer without load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer
    • E04F2015/02111—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer without load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer not adjustable
    • E04F2015/02116—Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer without load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer not adjustable with fastening elements extending into the back side of the flooring elements

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  • the invention relates to an assembly for producing a floor coating.
  • the invention relates especially to a complement of the modular support structure of a floor coating described and illustrated in document FR-A-2.955.601.
  • This document describes and illustrates a modular support structure of a floor coating which comprises a series of adjacent modular coating elements such as slabs or boards which are fixed on the upper face of a lower flat support interposed between the modular elements constituting a floor and the ground.
  • This document proposes fixing the series of modular elements constituting the floor coating per se by fixing elements such as screws or nails which are received in studs belonging to the plates constituting the lower modular support structure of the floor, interposed between the ground and the floor.
  • the invention relates to an assembly for producing a floor coating of the type comprising:
  • the aim of the invention is to propose novel fastening means of modular coating elements which for mounting, assembly and fixing do not need nails of screws.
  • each modular coating element is fixed on the upper faces of said unitary support modules by fastening means cooperating with complementary forms and by snap fitting according to the vertical direction.
  • the positioning, assembly and placing of the modular coating elements are done by simple snap fitting, that is, without use of any fixing particular tool such as for example a screwdriver and screws.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective plan view of a plate belonging to the lower modular support structure
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view through a vertical transversal plane illustrating opposite a lower plate and an upper modular element with their complementary assembly means, and which are illustrated in a relative position prior to assembly;
  • FIG. 3 is a view similar to that of FIG. 2 in which the two elements are in the assembled position
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an assembly according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the lower modular support structure 100 is of the type of that described in document FR-A-2.955.601.
  • This lower structure 100 comprises a series of unitary modules 10 for making the lower modular support structure by assembly of several of these modules 10 .
  • Each module 10 is a plate of square contour whereof the general plane is horizontal in use, that is, parallel to the ground on which it will be placed.
  • Each plate 10 is delimited by a horizontal flat upper face 12 and by an opposite horizontal flat lower face 14 designed to rest on the ground.
  • the assembly of the horizontal flat upper faces 12 of the plates 10 constitutes the flat horizontal upper face 12 of the lower modular support structure in terms of the invention.
  • the assembly of the unitary modules 10 constitutes a flat support, with a horizontal flat upper face 12 , which is capable of being interposed vertically between the ground and the upper coating constituting the floor.
  • each modular element 102 of the upper coating is a slab or board of rectangular contour whereof the greatest length extends according to the longitudinal direction L.
  • Each element 102 is in the form of a board whereof the upper face 104 is grooved longitudinally by grooves 105 .
  • the board 102 is of greater dimension than a modular element 10 , according to its length, and extends especially over a length such that it covers longitudinally and simultaneously several adjacent lower unitary modules 10 (see FIG. 4 ).
  • Each board 102 is delimited by a lower horizontal face 106 from which two opposite lateral ribs 110 formed in the extension of the lateral edges 108 of the board 102 extend on either side.
  • Each rib 110 is delimited externally by a vertical lateral face 114 in the extension of the edge 108 then by a lower horizontal face 112 capable of being supported on the horizontal upper face 12 of the lower modules 10 , in assembled and fixed position of the board 12 on the lower modular structure.
  • each lateral rib 110 is delimited internally by an inclined longitudinal face 116 whereof the function will be explained hereinbelow.
  • the board 102 Centrally, that is, substantially at mid-distance 5 between the two ribs 110 , the board 102 comprises a central fixing rail 118 .
  • the rail 118 in section via a transversal vertical plane, and as is evident especially in FIGS. 2 and 3 , has a dovetail profile which delimits especially two opposite lateral grooves 120 .
  • the fixing rail 118 is also delimited by a lower flat face 122 which is coplanar with the lower faces 112 of the ribs 110 and which, in assembled position of the board 102 on the modular structure 100 is supported vertically on the upper face 12 of the modular elements 10 .
  • the support vertically downwards of a board or slab 102 by means of the longitudinal and horizontal flat faces 112 and 122 produces excellent support stability on the horizontal upper face 12 of the lower modular structure.
  • the horizontal lower longitudinal face 122 of the fixing rail 118 is connected on either side to each of the opposite longitudinal grooves 120 by an inclined longitudinal facet 124 forming a bevel whereof the function will be explained hereinbelow.
  • the lateral ribs 110 and the central fixing rail 118 here extend, by way of non-limiting example, over the entire length of the board 102 which is in the form of a profile of transversal section of continuous profile according to the length L.
  • the transversal width of a board 102 is such that its lower face comprises just one fixing rail 118 , but without departing from the scope of the invention the board could comprise several parallel fixing rails distributed transversally according to a defined pitch below the lower face 106 .
  • the fixing rail 118 constitutes one of the fixing complementary means, by complementary forms and snap fitting, of the slab or board 102 on the lower modular structure 100 constituted by the assembly of the lower modules 10 .
  • the complementary means of the lower modular structure 100 here comprise a series of elastically deformable hooks formed on the upper face 12 of each modular support element 10 .
  • each modular support element 10 comprises several series of pairs of opposite hooks 50 which extend vertically projecting above the horizontal face 12 .
  • Each hook 50 is in the form of an elastically deformable blade 52 which extends overall according to the vertical direction and longitudinally and which comprises at its upper free end a rib 56 forming a hook respectively and whereof each is capable of being received in a complementary groove 120 , in the assembled position.
  • the blades 52 with their ribs 56 forming a hook are elastically deformable so as to constitute a pair of elastically deformable hooks, their elastic deformation produced by the cooperation of the inclined facets 124 of a rail 118 with the bevelled upper faces 58 of the hooks 56 , during the snap fitting produced by pressure according to the vertical direction and introduction of a rail 118 between the pairs of hooks 50 aligned longitudinally.
  • each blade 52 is connected to the structure of a module 10 by a transversal and vertical reinforcing groove 54 .
  • the relative sizing and positioning of two hooks 50 of a pair of hooks is of course complementary to the width of a fixing rail 118 with its two opposite throats 120 .
  • each upper face 12 comprises several series of pairs of hooks 50 aligned longitudinally, these series being arranged according to a transversal pitch such that a module 10 can receive either a slab or a board 102 comprising several parallel fixing rails arranged according to the same transversal pitch, either several slabs or adjacent boards whereof the dimensions and positioning of the fixing rails are such that two parallel fixing rails 118 each belonging to one of two adjacent boards 102 is received in a series of pairs of hooks aligned longitudinally.
  • each unitary module support 10 is fitted with a series of positioning pins 60 which are formed in relief above the horizontal upper face 12 .
  • Each pin 60 is delimited laterally by an inclined external lateral face 62 whereof the slope is complementary to that of each inclined inner lateral face 116 of a rib 110 of a board or slab 102 .
  • fixing after positioning and assembly can be completed for this purpose by screws or nails received in the studs 30 of the lower 10 plates 5 and in the core of the material constituting a fixing rail 118 , the studs 30 , for this purpose being arranged centrally between the pairs of opposite hooks 50 , that is, opposite the lower face 122 of a fixing rail 118 .

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FR1200869A FR2988412B1 (fr) 2012-03-22 2012-03-22 Ensemble modulaire perfectionne pour la realisation d'un revetement de sol
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PCT/EP2013/056044 WO2013139954A1 (fr) 2012-03-22 2013-03-22 Ensemble modulaire perfectionne pour la réalisation d'un revêtement de sol

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