Patent ID: 7174682

Claim:
A transition support for extending over a low area of a floor and for extending under a flooring material where the floor has a high area at a relatively high height adjacent to the low area at a relatively low height, with a juncture between the high area and the low area, and a difference in the heights between the high area and the low area of the floor, said transition support comprising: an elongate wedge in sheet form, said wedge including: a relatively thick end having a top edge and a bottom edge, and a thickness between the top edge and the bottom edge, the thickness being generally equal to said difference in the heights between the high area of the floor and the low area of the floor, said thick end being placeable at the juncture adjacent the high area of the floor; a relatively thin end disposed opposite said thick end and being 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; a generally flat bottom surface extending between said thin end and the bottom edge of said thick end; and a generally flat tapering upper surface extending between said thin end and the top edge of said thick end, said tapering upper surface defining a support surface means for being covered with the flooring material, the distance between said thick end and said thin end being at least 30 times the thickness of said thick end, said wedge being means for rendering the junction generally unnoticeable to persons walking across the flooring material on said tapering upper surface and for generally preventing the jostling of wheeled vehicles crossing the flooring material on said tapering upper surface.