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A NEW PLASTIC FLOOR
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a building material, and
more particularly to an innovative plastic floor.
2. Description of Related Art
There are a variety of most commonly used floor materials such as
ceramic tiles and PVC floors. Such floor materials require more efforts
to level the ground and apply cement or glue. For this reason, some
kinds of splicing floors have been developed.
A combined timber floor with overhead pedestal as disclosed in CN
20108 3006Y is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2: several pedestals 01 with
connecting holes 011 are formed at inner side of the combined timber
floor, and some connections 02 with connecting columns 021 are
formed at both sides; during assembly of floor boards, connecting
columns 021 at both sides of the connection 02 are separately
embedded into the connecting hole 011 of the pedestal 01 for two
adjacent floor boards. Despite of convenience in assembly, the
pedestals 01 are separated from the connections 02, so the connections
02 have to be manufactured independently at a higher cost, leading
possibly to loss of connections 02 and problem in floor assembly. After
assembly of such floor, water and other foreign materials can infiltrate
easily into the joint between two adjacent floor boards, thus bringing
about bacteria and corrosion against the floor, and also affecting their
service life; in addition, as the timber floor lacks of flexibility, users
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may find it difficult to fasten securely the connecting columns 021 of
the connections 02 and connecting holes 011 of the pedestal 01.
A combined timber floor with composite tiles as disclosed in
CN2523847Y is illustrated in FIG. 3: grooved snappers 031 and
inverse L-shaped bucklers 032 are set at two adjacent sides of the
underlayer 03, so that two adjacent floor boards are coupled with the
interlocking of the snappers 031 and bucklers 032. The snappers 031
and buckler 032 can be prefabricated together with the underlayer 03 to
reduce the production cost, but there still exist some problems such as
infiltration of water and other foreign materials into the joint between
two adjacent floor boards.
CONTENT OF INVENTION
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a new plastic
floor that enables perpendicular assembly of floor boards using the
flexibility of plastics; not only can this create a simplest assembly
mode of floor, but also reduce the production cost and prevent
infiltration of water and other foreign materials through secure mating
of floor boards.
In other to achieve the above purposes, the new plastic floor of the
present invention comprises: a rectangular floor body, a first/second
extension side protruded at two adjacent sides of the floor body and
connected to each other, a first/second mating portion set vertically at
outer ends of the first/second extension side, a first/second recessed
side connected at the other two adjacent sides of the floor body and
coupled with the first/second extension side, and a first/second mated
portion set within the first/second recessed side correspondingly to the
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first/second mating portion; two adjacent floor bodies are positioned
by connecting the first/second mating portion and the first/second
mated portion.
Said first/second mating portion is a continuous protruding strips,
and first/second mated portion is a continuous slot.
Said first/second mating portion is a plurality of circular columns,
and first/second mated portion is a plurality of circular indents.
Said first/second mating portion is a plurality of rectangular
protruding blocks, and first/second mated portion is a plurality of
rectangular concave holes.
Said first/second extension side is connected into one piece,
first/second recessed side is connected into one piece; the length of the
first/second extension side and first/second recessed side is same as the
side of the plastic floor.
A faceplate is set on top of said floor body.
Said faceplate is embedded into the holding groove on top of the
floor body.
A cushion pad is set at bottom of said floor body.
The efficacies of the present invention lie in that: the extension side,
mating portion, recessed side and mated portion can be prefabricated
together with the floor body, thus reducing the production cost and
guaranteeing convenient assembly; after splicing of two adjacent floor
boards, the lower part of the joint is blocked by the extension side, thus
preventing infiltration of water and other foreign materials into the
bottom of the floor; in addition, as the mating and mated portions are
made of flexible plastics, these two portions can be coupled securely
through perpendicular mating under the stress generated by elastic
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deformation, thereby avoiding loosening of floor boards.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The above is a detailed description of the present invention based
on a typical preferred embodiment. However, a variety of
embodiments and modifications shall be embraced within the scope of
the following claims.
Referring to FIGS. 4 7, the new plastic floor of the present
invention comprises: a rectangular floor body 10, faceplate 20 and
non-woven cushion pad 30. Of which, a holding groove 101 is opened
at top of the floor body 10, and a hollow slot 102 is set at bottom of the
holding groove 101, making it possible to guarantee the strength of the
floor body 10, and save the materials and weight of the floor body 10.
The faceplate 20 is movably embedded into the holding groove 101,
enabling the users to replace faceplate 20 where necessary; the
faceplate 30 can be applied to either of a square floor, manmade stone
floor, PVC floor or ceramic floor. It is worthy to note that: the
faceplate 20 can also be directly attached to the top of the floor body 10,
or the floor body 10 is directly processed into a plate without need of
the faceplate 20. The cushion pad 30 is attached to the bottom of the
floor body 10 to provide satisfactory shockproofing and buffering
effect.
The first/second extension side 11, 12 is protruded separately at
lower ends of two adjacent sides of the floor body 10; the first/second
mating portion 41, 42 are formed vertically at outer ends of the
first/second extension side 11, 12; the first/second recessed side 13, 14
are formed at the other two adjacent sides of the floor body 10 and
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coupled with the first/second extension side 11, 12; the height of the
first/second recessed side 13, 14 is consistent with that of the
first/second extension side 11, 12, such that the assembled floor bodies
can be flushed to each other; the first/second mated portion 43, 44
are set at inner ends of the first/second recessed side 13, 14
correspondingly to the first/second mating portion 41, 42, and two
adjacent floor bodies 10 are positioned by perpendicular mating of the
first/second mating portion 41, 42 and the first/second mated portion
43, 44. In this preferred embodiment, the first/second mating portion
41, 42 are a continuous bulge, whilst the first/second mated portion 43,
44 are a continuous groove. The first/second mating portion 41, 42 and
first/second mated portion 43, 44 are as long as the first/second
extension side 11, 12.
Referring to FIG. 6, after splicing of the floor boards, two binding
bars 50, 51 are set externally onto the combined floor to form an
oblique decorative edge for improving its visual effect and avoiding
stumbling of the pedestrian. A fastener 501 and a locking groove 511 is
set separately at one side of the binding bar 50, 51, and connected with
the first/second mating portion 41, 42 and first/second mated portion
43, 44 at outer ends of the floor body 10.
In the aforementioned preferred embodiment, the first and second
extension sides 11, 12 are not interconnected, whilst the first and
second recessed sides 13, 14 are also not interconnected. After splicing
of several floor boards, the joint between two adjacent floor boards is
mostly blocked by the first/second extension side 11, 12, except for the
joints at four comers.
In the preferred embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 8 10, the first and
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second extension sides 11, 12 are mated, whilst the first and second
recessed sides 13, 14 are also mated; the length of the first/second
extension side 11, 12 and the first/second recessed side 13, 14 is
consistent with the lateral length of the floor body 10. After assembly
of such floor boards, the joint between two adjacent floor boards can be
fully blocked by the first/second extension side 11, 12 to realize the
optimum effect. It is worthy to note that: the first and second mating
portions 41, 42 are not interconnected, as shown in FIG. 9 and 10: in
such case, both ends of the first mating portion 41 is flushed with both
ends of the first extension side 11; the front end of the second mating
portion 42 is flushed with the front end of the second extension side 12,
but the spacing between its rear end and the rear end of the second
extension side 12 is equivalent to the width of the first extension side 11.
The length of the first mated portion 43 is the same with the lateral
length of the floor body 10, and the length of the second mated portion
44 is shorter than the lateral length of the floor body 10, with the
difference equal to the width of the first extension side 11.
Referring to FIGS. 11 and 12: when the floor boards are assembled,
the floor bodies 10 could be firstly laid onto the ground, and adjacent
floor bodies 10 are connected through mating of the first/second
mating portion 41, 42 and the first/second mated portion 43, 44; finally
the faceplate 30 is embedded easily into the holding groove 101 at top
of the floor body 10.
In the preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. 13, the difference
between the floor body 10 in FIGS. 8-10 is that: said first/second
mating portion 41, 42 is a plurality of circular columns, and
first/second mated portion 43, 44 is a plurality of circular indents.
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When assembling the floor, the said first/second mating portion 41, 42
of circular columns is inserted into the first/second mated portion 43,
44 of circular indents
In the preferred embodiment illustrated in FIG. 14, said first/second
mating portion 41, 42 is a plurality of rectangular protruding blocks,
and first/second mated portion 43, 44 is a plurality of rectangular
concave holes. Others are the same as FIG. 13.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
FIG. 1: an operating status view of an existing combined timber
floor;
FIG. 2: a partially exploded view of the rear of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3: a structural view of another floor;
FIG. 4: an exploded perspective view of a preferred embodiment of
the present invention;
FIG. 5: an exploded perspective view from another visual angle for
a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6: a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present
invention (together with binding bar);
FIG. 7: a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present
invention that a floor board is coupled with the another one;
FIG. 8: an exploded perspective view of another preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9: an enlarged view of the floor body in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10: an enlarged view from another visual angle for the floor
body in FIG. 8;
FIG. 11: an assembled view of the floor body in another preferred
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embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12: an assembled view of the floor body and faceplate in
another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13: a structural view of the floor body in the third preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 14: a structural view of the floor body in the fourth preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
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