Patent ID: 6354057
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: B29C,B29L,E04F

Abstract:
A method for constructing a seamless floor-to-wall baseboard from a resilient thermoplastic flooring material and adapting the baseboard to an inside corner, said method comprising the steps of:(a) cutting a longitudinal baseboard segment of predetermined width from a sheet of the thermoplastic flooring material; (b) scoring one side of the baseboard segment to define first and second longitudinally-extending parallel spaced-apart grooves for permitting the baseboard segment to be folded along the length of said grooves; (c) removing a section of the baseboard segment to define complimentary edges that may be joined to form an inside corner baseboard segment for application to an inside corner; (d) joining the complimentary edges of the baseboard segment defined by said removing to form the inside corner baseboard segment for application to the inside corner; (e) forming the inside corner baseboard segment to the inside corner: (i) such that the inside corner baseboard segment is folded along the grooves to define a planar subfloor-engaging portion, a planar wall-engaging portion, and a planar transition zone between the subfloor-engaging portion and the wall-engaging portion; (ii) such that the subfloor-engaging portion of the inside corner baseboard segment engages the subfloor and the wall-engaging portion of the inside corner baseboard segment engages converging walls; and (iii) such that the inside corner baseboard segment blocks the intersection of the subfloor and the converging walls from intrusion by waste and other undesirable matter; and (f) adhering the subfloor-engaging portion of the inside corner baseboard segment to the subfloor and the wall-engaging portion of the inside corner baseboard segment to the converging walls.