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Resilient Floor Surface

a technology of floor surface and resilient material, which is applied in the direction of floors, layered products, building components, etc., can solve the problem that the material has never been applied in the flooring industry as an underpad, and achieve the effect of improving flotation in the marine industry

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-08
LEMIEUX ALAIN
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Benefits of technology

The EPP underpad offers a cost-effective, easy-to-install, and durable flooring solution that absorbs up to 90% of impact, reduces fatigue, and extends the lifespan of the surface covering, while being environmentally friendly and non-toxic, with the ability to hide subfloor irregularities and avoid costly installation processes.

Problems solved by technology

However, to the best of the inventor's knowledge, this material has never been applied for the flooring industry as an underpad in panel, slab or sheet form.

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[0022]A resilient gymnasium floor surface is installed by providing multiple rolls of a resilient underpad material of 1-inch (24 mm) thickness, formed of expanded polypropylene product (EPP), in 16-foot (4.8 m) width. The rolls are spread directly over the existing concrete gymnasium subfloor surface in a floating arrangement and are cut to the desired gymnasium floor surface size. The edges of the spread underpad material are interlocked with each other to form a continuous resilient underpad for the entire gymnasium floor. A laminated wood floor covering material of 1-inch (2.6 cm) thickness, provided in square configuration, is then applied in interlocking manner over the resilient underpad as a covering for the resilient underpad to form the gymnasium playing surface.

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Abstract

A resilient floor surface for indoor and outdoor, residential, commercial and sporting applications includes a resilient underpad formed of expanded polypropylene product (“EPP”) and suitable for being laid down directly on the ground or other subfloor surface in a floating arrangement not requiring securing to the ground or other subfloor surface, and a floor covering material applied upon the resilient underpad as a covering for the resilient underpad. The surface covering is of the type suitable for floor surfacings, sport playing surfacings and decorative and sports surface coatings, and is selected from hardwood flooring, synthetic rubber and / or plastic flooring tiles and panels, rubber flooring tiles and panels, laminated wood flooring, residential and commercial carpets, crumb rubber surface coatings, EPDM (ethylene-propylene terpolymer) surface coatings, polyurethane surface coatings and any other suitable coatings. The resulting floor surface is shock-absorbing, sound and heat insulating, waterproof, lightweight, and durable, and is less expensive and easier to install than other flooring systems, due to the elimination of the multiple components required in prior flooring systems.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation Application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 466,040, filed Nov. 21, 2003, entitled “Resilient Floor Surface”, which claims priority to PCT Application No. PCT / CA01 / 00035, filed Jan. 15, 2001, entitled “Resilient Floor Surface”.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]This invention relates to an improved synthetic flooring surface for use in indoor and outdoor applications.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Typical flooring materials for both indoor and outdoor applications are natural and synthetic materials that can commonly be found and processed or manufactured inexpensively. Such materials have a wide variety of both general and specific applications, some of which favor special properties of the material. Some of the special properties of such materials deal with the amount of weight which a surface can bear, its workability, durability, resiliency, shock absorbency, compressive properties and energy dissipation and return upon contact, s...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): E04F15/22E04B5/00E04F15/16B32B27/32E01C13/00E01C13/04E04F15/18
CPCE01C13/045E04F15/225E04F15/18E04F15/22E04F15/203
Inventor LEMIEUX, ALAIN
Owner LEMIEUX ALAIN
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