US 12,408,784 B2
Flooring edge tools
Daniel Tumlin, Cartersville, GA (US); William Drew Pierce, Cartersville, GA (US); Chavis Williams, Omaha, NE (US); and John Moore, Omaha, NE (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,377.
Application 17/661,377 is a division of application No. 17/320,777, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,350,781.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/025,675, filed on May 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248885 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 27/02 (2006.01); A47G 27/04 (2006.01); E04F 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 27/0268 (2013.01) [A47G 27/0443 (2013.01); A47G 27/0487 (2013.01); E04F 15/02027 (2013.01); E04F 15/02155 (2013.01); E04F 2290/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating table for applying and adhering a flooring edge finish to flooring, said table comprising:
(a) a feed section comprising:
(i) a first lower plate having a length and width;
(ii) an upper plate positioned along both the length of the first lower plate and a portion of the width; and
(iii) a first edge plate positioned along the length of the first lower plate and adjacent to the upper plate, wherein the upper plate and the first edge plate are separated by a gap;
wherein the flooring edge finish is folded while moving through the feed section, such that a first longitudinal section of the flooring edge finish is positioned between the first lower and upper plates, and a second longitudinal section of the flooring edge finish is positioned between the upper plate and the first edge plate; and
(b) an attachment section abutting the feed section, comprising:
(i) a second lower plate;
(ii) a second edge plate; and
(iii) one or more heating elements for heating the second lower plate and the second edge plate to apply the flooring edge finish to a bottom surface and an edge surface of the flooring.