US2506030A - Anchoring device for wall members and floor coverings - Google Patents

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May 2, 1950 D. B. MAPES ANCHORING DEVICE FOR WALL MEMBERS AND FLOOR COVERINGS Filed April 19, 1946 FlG.l.

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Thisinvention-relates to anehoringidevices for wallmembers and floor coverings, -one ofl*the obj ects being to produce a simple anchoring device whereby elongated'moldingstrips-canbe very easily and quickly attachedtoand removed. from walls; without in any way mutilating either the molding strips or the wal-ls. This featureispar tic-ularly advantageous in anchoring and removing' the quarter-round, or" base---shoe: whi'chds -=ordinarily nailed f to a baseboard-at tne-bottom poi-a. walli Another objectis to' produce -a simple "means for" fl'rm'lypressing the marginal *portions --of l a fioor-coveringtoward the' fioor.

=Mere specifically stated; a-further -object is-"t0' "ing'underconditions-whichenablethe-covering to and described as illustrative 'examples'of the "novel conditions: However; it is *to be understood that the scope of the invention extends'to various modifications more 'broa'dlydescribedrby terms of the claims hereunto appended;

Figl-lisa front view of a portion ofan elongated anc'horing-strip adapted for-use'in the-presexit-invention.

Fig; '2 is afragmentary vertical -section showing a base shoe and a =fi'oor cover detachahiy securedto"-the=anchoringstrip1 Fig: Eds-atop view-of the stripe-liowninFig; "1. Fig; 4- is 'a'- view similar to Fig. 2; show-ingenother format the invention.

Fig. 5 is a front view of a *fragment of-the anchoringstripshown'in'Fig. 4".

Fig: 6 is a view-similar to Fig. 2* illustrating aform' whereimthe floor coveringissecured in a conventionali manner; while th'e baseshoe, is'd'e- 'tachably anchored above saidifloor'covering;

Fig.- *7 is a detail view of a springclip of the "type shown'in'f'igrlii "In Fig. 2'; ljliave-show-n a -portion-of a wallkfl extending upwardly*from"afloor 9"; and an ordinary-base board H) at the'bottomofthe wall.

'Iirw this view; the detachable strip-apnear jb'ase l I; cr-tiiequarter-round type; atft-he front-of -the base board. Base shoes,

format-elongated wooden strips, andtheabase shoe- H maybe-regarded? as an elongated wooden strip resembling an ordinary quartereround.

"However, the rear face of the base shoe I l (Fig. 2) is provided with a longitudinal :groove -onreccss #2 to receive an elongated-anchoring device which --willbe=present1y described:

The anchoring device for-thebaseshoe may be provided with suitable details-which -receive and anchormarginal portions ofa. fioorcovering; In Fig. 2, the floor covering comprises a carnet m seated on a thick pad l dya marginal porti'on of the carpet being extended-beyond the pad and loeated' directly below the base shoe H.

To illustrate a suitable form of the anchoring device, I have shown (Figures 1,-2 and 3-)*an el0ngated anchoring strip A made of sheet metal having an approximately horizontal seat l 51for the bottom marginal surface of the carpet l3,

spacing l-ugs -I=S--and l'l extending downwardly from said seat to separate it from the fioonand attaching prongs l8 projecting-upwardly from sai'dseat to enter into the carpet. The prongs l-B can be punched upwardly from -the'seat 4 5, and bent rearwardly as shown in Fig; '2 to provide a desirable anchorage forthe carpet. "The spacing lugs 11 :may be punched downwardly fromthe seat I5, while'the: lugs: I-G are bentdownward'lyat the-front. of said seat. The seat.- 15 may be. located ina horizontal planeapproxi mately'fiush with the top of thepad I 4.

Theanohoring strip shown in Figures 1, 2 rand 3 also includes a. clip device. comprisingsaulongitu- @dinal strip member I 9 bent. upwardly at the: rear oi-theaseat J25 and having holes 20 wrfiFig. 1 rte receive screws, or the. like, wherebyathe anchordevioe; may be attached to the: baseboardiztfl as show-nin Fig. 2. Spring clips 12f extend for,- wardl-y' and downwardly from. the. upper-portion of :the strip member I! 9, andrprojectninto thelongitudinal recess 12 at the. rear of the-base' shoe "12'. This longitudinal .recess is elongated to freely re.- ceivezall. of the springuclips; andthe wooden base shoe is slidable laterally awayiromthebottom iaces of the spring clips, so as tocompletelycde- :tach the entirebase shoe from its. anchoring device.

It will be noted in Fig. 2 that the bottomof-said recess 12 is. extended upwardly toward therear nit-the baseshoe l i, so-as to provide an upwardly inclined longitudinal abutment within thexbase shne, and that the. extended spring clips-.gzflgihaye flomltlmned; abutment.- members ylcldably on upwardly inclined :ahutment or quarten roilndsaqfi thisitytlleaeletmlly in them forcingmthe baseshoe .lil downwardlyvtcward the floor, and rearwardly toward the base board In. The base shoe has a bottom abutment face located directly below the spring clips which firmly press said base shoe l l onto the pile of the carpet l3, thereby forcing a margin of the carpet onto the anchoring prongs It.

The clips 2| are separated from each other (Fig. 1) and yieldable independently of each other, so as to effectively compensate for irregularities in the more or less flexible wooden strip which forms the base shoe H. In manufacturing the device, any desired number of these clips may be formed in alinement with each other, so as to appear in an elongated row.

The base shoe H can be readily attached by forcing it down into the pile of the carpet and causing it to slip under the yieldable clips, to the position shown in Fig. 2, thereby firmly anchoring the carpet at the attaching prongs l8. To remove the carpet, the base shoe I l is released from the spring clips, and the carpet is then ,merely lifted from the prongs l8. A special advantage appears in the ease with which a base shoe can be removed and replaced independently of the floor covering, this being occasionally desirable when a base shoe is to be repaired or replaced by a new shoe. In fact, a substantial advantage appears when a device conforming to the invention is merely employed to detachably secure a base shoe, without attaching a floor covering.

While the device shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3 includes a suitable arrangement of specific details, it is to be understood that the invention -is,not limited to such details, excepting as specifled in the claims.

I will now refer to a modification shown by Figures 4 and 5 wherein a base shoe 22 is grooved at the rear and bottom to form a rib 23 adapted to be grasped by upper and lower spring clips base shoe '59 having a longitudinal recess 30 in its rear face. Any desired number of yieldable clips 3i may extend into said recess 353 and press downwardly on the inclined bottom thereof, so as to force the base shoe 29 rearwardly against the base board hi, and downwardly onto the floor r' covering. In other words, the bottom of the base shoe provides a presser member which presses a marginal portion of a floor covering toward the floor, when said base shoe is yieldably anchored in its operative position. The yieldable anchoring clips herein shown are conveniently attached to a base board, but of course they can be otherwise suitably secured so as to extend into and detachably anchor the base shoe, and under conditions wherein the floor is not covered, the anchoring devices can be arranged to locate the base shoe on the floor.

I claim: 1. In a device for anchoring marginal portions of fioor coverings, an elongated anchoring strip made of sheet metal having an approximately *horizontal seat for the bottom of the floor cov- -ering, spacing lugs extending downwardly from said seat to separate it from the floor, attaching prongs projecting upwardly from said seat to enter into the floor covering, and a clip device extending upwardly from the rear of said seat adapted to be attached to the base board of a wall, and an elongated base shoe of the quarterround type having a bottom presser face normally located above and adjacent to said seat. so as to press the floor coverin onto said attaching prongs, said elongated base shoe having a longitudinal recess in its rear face, the bottom of said recess being inclined upwardly, said clip device being provided with a row of independently yieldable spring clips normally located in said longitudinal recess to detachably secure said base shoe in its operative position, and said spring clips being in yielding contact with the inclined bottom of said recess to force the base shoe toward said attaching prongs.

2. A wall device comprising an elongated wooden base shoe of the quarter round type adapted to lie adjacent to a floor at the bottom of a wall, said elongated base shoe having a longitudinal recess in its rear face, said recess being provided with an inclined bottom face extending upwardly toward the rear of said base shoe, so as to form an upwardly inclined longitudinal abutment inside of said base shoe, and an anchoring device consisting of a series of independently yieldable spring clips normally located in said longitudinal recess to detachably anchor said base shoe, said longitudinal recess being elongated and open at the rear face of said wooden base shoe to freely receive all of said independently yieldable spring clips, each of said spring clips being extended forwardly and downwardly in said recess and provided with a yieldable bottom fac'e slidably contacting with said upwardly inclined longitudinal abutment, so as to simultaneously force the base shoe rearwardly toward the wall and downwardly toward the floor, and said wooden shoe being slidable laterally, away from the bottom faces of the spring clips to completely detach the entire base shoe from its anchoring device.

3. In a device for anchoring marginal portions of floor coverings adjacent to vertical walls, an

anchoring strip having a seat for the bottom of the floor covering, attaching prongs extending upwardly from said seat so as to enter into the floor covering, an elongated wooden base shoe of the quarter round type having a bottom presser face normally located above and adjacent to said seat, so as to press the floor covering onto said attaching prongs, said base shoe having a longitudinal recess in its rear face, said recess being provided with an inclined bottom face extending upwardly toward the rear of said base shoe, and means for simultaneously forcing said base shoe downwardly toward said attaching prongs and rearwardly toward an adjacent vertical wall member, said means comprising an anchoring device having a series of independently yieldable (References on following page) 5 REFERENCES CITED 22 5 The following references are of record in the 336:381 file of this patent: 383,849 UNITED STATES PATENTS 5 1 Number Name Date 2:328:651

17,890 Penrose July 28, 1857 6 Name Date Hicks July 9, 1867 Bingham Feb. 16 1886 Barrow June 5, 1888 Rodgers et a1 Oct. 26, 1909 Cooke Dec. 12, 1916 Kern Sept. 7 1943

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