Patent ID: 6385923
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61G,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
A transition support for supporting flooring extending over a floor having an area at a relatively high height, an adjacent area at a relatively low height, a juncture between the relatively high area and the relatively low area, and a difference in the heights between the height of the high area of the floor and the height of the low area of the floor, said transition support comprising an elongate wedge in sheet form, and including:a relatively thick end having an upper portion, a lower portion and a thickness between the upper portion and the lower portion, the thickness being generally equal to said difference in heights between the height of the high area of the floor and the height of the low area of the floor, said thick end being placeable in the juncture adjacent the high area of the floor; a relatively thin end opposite said thick end and parallel to said thick end, said thin end being placeable on the low area of the floor remote from the high area of the floor and the juncture; and a tapering section having a support surface interconnecting the upper portion of said thick end and said thin end, said tapering section defining the wedge for being covered with the flooring, the distance between said thick end and said thin end being at least 30 times the thickness of said thick end for rendering the junction generally unnoticeable to persons walking across said tapering section and for generally preventing the jostling of wheeled vehicles crossing said tapering section, said tapering section having a surface with physical characteristics for retaining adhesives thereon for adhesively securing said support to the floor and to the sheet flooring, and for increasing the friction between said transition support and the floor and the sheet flooring, said physical characteristics comprising at least one surface in said tapered section having ridges parallel to said thick end and said thin end.