Patent ID: 8713862

Claim:
A device for removably securing an edge of a floor covering provided with an original profiling to a profile construction delimiting the floor covering, the profile construction being a step nosing profile with an angular step profile and a base profile, wherein the base profile can be secured on a step, and the angular step profile having a step leg with a covering wing and a stop leg extending from a leading edge of the base profile, wherein the device further comprises an interchangeable insert which is configured as a profile rail and is arranged such that it can be removed and can be adapted in its position to the profile construction, and whereby said insert is configured with a first retainer on at least one of two mutually opposite longitudinal edges of the insert, whereby said first retainer cooperates with the original profiling of the edge of the floor covering to removably secure the insert to the floor covering, and whereby the first retainer is configured to be at least partly complementary to the original profiling; and wherein the interchangeable insert comprises at least one vertically extending supporting rib which has on its free supporting edge a locking engagement which cooperates with a corresponding locking engagement on the base profile.