US 12,188,242 B2
Tapping block
Bradley Scott Miller, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Joseph Deguglimo, Boca RatonF, FL (US)
Assigned to Q.E.P. Co. Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Q.E.P. Co. Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/712,250.
Prior Publication US 2023/0313542 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B25D 1/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 21/22 (2013.01) [B25D 1/00 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An invertible tapping block comprising:
an elongated rectangular base having first and second opposed sides each configured to be struck with an impacting member, the two opposed sides being interconnected by an elongated web;
the elongated web extending along a first axis perpendicular to the opposed first and second sides;
the web having opposed first and second faces generally parallel to said first axis, and vertically offset from each other on opposite sides of said first axis;
the web first face having a support surface extending from the first side toward the second side;
the web second face having a support surface extending from the second side toward the first side;
the web first face including a portion configured to be in contact with a first configuration of a flooring plank; and
the web second face including a portion configured to be in contact with a second configuration of a flooring plank by inverting the elongated rectangular base about said first axis.