Patent ID: 7707685

Claim:
A fixture apparatus for securing an edge of a carpet to a horizontal floor surface; the apparatus comprising: a first elongated strip having an essentially horizontal top surface, an essentially horizontal bottom surface, and an essentially vertical side surface, the side surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface; and a second elongated strip having: a) an essentially horizontal A-leg abutting the bottom surface of the first strip, b) an essentially vertical B-leg integral with the A-leg and abutting the side surface of the first strip, and c) an essentially horizontal, flexible, C-leg integral with the B-leg and extending away therefrom by at least a thickness of the carpet, a surface of the C-leg approximately coplanar with the top surface of the first strip, whereby with the carpet edge inserted between the B-Leg and an essentially vertical surface proximal the C-leg, the carpet flexes the C-leg downwardly thereby jamming the carpet in place, d) an essentially vertical D-leg extending upwardly from the A-leg and spaced apart from the B-leg wherein with the carpet edge inserted between the B-leg and the D-leg the carpet flexes the C-leg thereby jamming the carpet in place.