Skirting Board Covering Profile with Insertable Aesthetic Caps
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for renovating floors, especially tiled floors, often require removing or replacing skirting boards, which can cause damage and do not allow for the existing skirting boards to remain intact while matching the new floor covering's aesthetic.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising profile strips with angled legs and connecting caps that cover the front and top of skirting boards, allowing for adjustable lengths and angles to match new floor coverings, with optional end elements for wall integration, ensuring seamless coverage and ventilation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the existing skirting board is removed to allow new floor covering installation, then the new floor covering can be properly installed, but the skirting board is damaged or lost and cannot be preserved
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the skirting board coverage into separate functional components: a profile strip that attaches to the existing skirting board, and a separate covering element that can be inserted into the profile strip. This segmentation allows the old skirting board to remain in place while enabling new floor covering installation and aesthetic updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering element is inserted into the hollow interior of the profile strip, creating a nested structure. This nesting allows the covering to be housed within the profile strip framework, providing a seamless appearance while preserving the underlying skirting board structure.
2Reliability
If the skirting board is kept in place during floor renovation, then the wall and skirting board are not damaged, but the skirting board does not match the new floor covering aesthetic
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies different properties to different parts: the profile strip provides structural attachment and protection, while the insertable covering element provides aesthetic customization. This allows the skirting board to maintain its original structure while the covering can be tailored to match various floor covering aesthetics.
Solution Approach 2:
The covering element can be manufactured with different parameters (materials, colors, textures, patterns) to match different floor covering types. This parameter variability allows the same basic system to adapt to various aesthetic requirements while the skirting board remains preserved.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a custom skirting board is created to match new floor covering, then aesthetic matching is achieved, but significant damage is caused to wall and skirting board during removal and replacement
Solution Approach 1:
The profile strip acts as an intermediary between the existing skirting board and the new aesthetic covering. It attaches to the old skirting board without requiring removal, and provides a framework for the new covering, thus mediating between preservation and aesthetic update needs without causing damage.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of replacing the original skirting board, the system creates a visual copy or representation through the covering element that matches the desired aesthetic. The covering element replicates the appearance of a custom-made skirting board while the original structure remains intact and protected.
4Adaptability or versatility
If profile strips are arranged at angles to replicate wall angles, then various room layouts are accommodated, but the complexity of the system increases due to multiple connecting caps
Solution Approach 1:
The connecting cap is designed with multi-functionality to handle various angles and configurations. A single universal connecting cap design can accommodate different wall angles and room layouts through adjustable or modular features, reducing the need for multiple specialized cap types while maintaining adaptability.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a system (1) for covering a baseboard (90), comprising several profile strips (2) that can be arranged adjacent to one another, each of which is formed with a first vertical leg (3) for covering a baseboard front and a second leg (4) angled thereto for covering a baseboard top, and with at least one connecting cap (5) which is designed to connect and overlap mutually facing edge sections (26) of the adjacent second legs (4), wherein the second legs (4) and the at least one connecting cap (5) each have a web (9, 10) which together with the respective first vertical leg (3) form an insertion channel (12) for a covering (60) for covering the first vertical leg (3).