US 11,746,543 B2
Hidden edge for flooring finishing
William Drew Pierce, Cartersville, GA (US); Christopher David Steele, Adairsville, GA (US); and Daniel Jay Tumlin, Cartersville, GA (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,491.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/979,583, filed on Feb. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262245 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. E04F 19/06 (2006.01); A47G 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 19/061 (2013.01) [A47G 27/0268 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flooring edge finish comprising a flexible strip comprising a hinge and an adhesive affixed to a top surface of the flexible strip, wherein the hinge comprises a gap or an absence of the adhesive or a lower amount of the adhesive than that of other areas of the flexible strip, wherein the flooring edge finish is upwardly foldable along the hinge to bind, protect, and conceal a vertical surface of an edge of a flooring without concealing a top horizontal surface of the flooring, and wherein an end of the flexible strip is flush with the top horizontal surface of the flooring and permanently adheres to the entire vertical surface of the edge of the flooring and permanently adheres to a portion of a bottom horizontal surface of the edge of the flooring that is in direct contact with the vertical surface of the edge of the flooring.