Patent ID: 9631376
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: E04F

Claim:
1. A one-piece transition for providing a transitional item for use at the interface of tiles and carpet tiles, said transition comprising: a vertical wall including: a tail extending from said tile-facing side, said tail having a tail top, a tail bottom opposite said tail top, a wall connection end and a free end; a cap on the wall top portion, said cap having a continuously curved upper portion extending between said carpet-facing side and said tile-facing side of said vertical wall and including a lip overhanging a portion of said tail, said lip being proximate said tile-facing side of said vertical wall, and said cap having a carpet side edge on the side opposite of said cap from said lip, wherein said cap does not overhang said carpet-facing side of said vertical wall, and wherein said lip intersects said tile-facing side and for ms a sharp corner with said tile-facing side; said lip comprises a lip underside facing both said tile top and said tile-facing side of said vertical wall; wherein said carpet-facing side of said vertical wall is configured to have a shape selected from the group consisting of a concave curved surface, and a flat surface inclined away from said tail; and wherein said concave curved surface of said carpet-facing side includes a top curved portion terminating at said cap and a bottom curved portion terminating at said flat wall base portion.