US 12,247,400 B2
Devices and methods for fitting luxury vinyl floorcovering to interior stairs
Michael S. Douglass, Columbus, GA (US)
Assigned to LVP Stairs LLC, Columbus, GA (US)
Filed by LVP Stairs LLC, Columbus, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/123,385.
Application 18/123,385 is a continuation of application No. 17/175,592, filed on Feb. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,608,642.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/975,987, filed on Feb. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228096 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. E04F 11/17 (2006.01); B26D 3/08 (2006.01); E04F 15/10 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC E04F 11/17 (2013.01) [B26D 3/085 (2013.01); E04F 15/10 (2013.01); E04F 15/0215 (2013.01); E04F 2203/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A luxury vinyl floorcovering that can be used on flat surfaces or stair treads, comprising:
a rectangular decorative layer for foot traffic; and
a rectangular backing layer comprising a bottommost layer, wherein the backing layer is adhered to the decorative layer, the backing layer including a scoring section of parallel grooves that run parallel to a width of the backing layer and the luxury vinyl floorcovering, wherein the scoring section flexes for bending the decorative and backing layers around a rounded stair nose on a jobsite,
wherein the parallel grooves do not fully penetrate the bottommost layer; and
wherein the parallel grooves are approximately 1/16 inches apart and approximately 1/16 inches deep.