Patent ID: 8720158
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a stair tread overlay, comprising the steps of: providing a generally planar stair tread having an outer surface, an inner surface and end surfaces between the outer and inner surfaces; forming one of a tongue or groove in one of the end surfaces of the stair tread, said one of the end surfaces defining a vertical plane; providing a nosing having a top planar surface, a bottom terminal surface, a front contoured nose surface and a planar back side surface, the other of a tongue or groove disposed on said back side surface thereof, a portion of said back side surface abutting said edge of said stair tread along said vertical plane; forming the other of a tongue or groove along the planar back side surface of the front nosing; mating the tongue and the groove and thereby securing the front nosing to the stair tread with adhesive, machining the tread after the steps of mating the tongue and groove and securing the tongue and groove with adhesive, and adhesively securing said stair tread to stairs by adhesive applied along a width of said stair tread adjacent said stairs to prevent said stair tread from floating relative to said stairs.