Patent ID: 7392626
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: A47G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A combination comprising: a wall; a floor having a floor edge at the wall; a smooth edge strip having a top surface, a bottom surface, an inner edge and an outer edge; and a bracket for use in attachment of the smooth edge strip to the floor at a position adjacent to and spaced from the floor edge such that the inner edge of the smooth edge strip is spaced from the wall with the top and bottom surfaces generally parallel to the floor and the outer edge of the smooth edge located outwardly of the inner edge; the bracket comprising: an upstanding mounting plate attached to the wall at the floor edge by a fastener extending through a hole in the mounting plate with the mounting plate upstanding along the wall from a bottom end at the floor edge to a position above the floor edge; and a channel portion for receiving and holding the smooth edge strip; the channel portion being attached to the mounting plate and extending therefrom so as to extend across the floor so as to hold the smooth edge strip substantially flat on the floor; the channel portion and the smooth edge strip being held in place on the floor solely by the engagement of the channel portion with the mounting plate; the channel portion including a channel wall which includes: