Patent ID: 6670019
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A floor covering material, which comprises:adjacent pieces of floor covering material facing toward one another in a joint; upper and lower surfaces of each adjacent piece; and opposing edge portions of each adjacent piece between the upper and lower surfaces thereof profiled such that an edge portion of one piece has a groove-shaped space thereon and an opposed edge portion of the adjacent piece has a projection thereon facing and seated in the groove-shaped space, including mutually facing surfaces of the groove-shaped space and projection, wherein at least one of said mutually facing surfaces has a portion which extends beyond the groove-shaped space, wherein at least the portion which extends beyond the groove-shaped space includes flocking thereon, wherein said projection has an arched or rounded non-flocked edge with the arched or rounded non-flocked edge extending from the upper portion of said projection to the lower portion of said projection in a substantially continuous arched or rounded configuration for being able to readily be slid over the flocked portion of the at least one surface on said groove-shaped space.