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(11) EP 1 122 379 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/46

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/32

(21) Application number: 01301080.6

(22) Date of filing: 07.02.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E04F 11/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.02.2000 JP 2000028572

(71) Applicant: Sweden House Co. Ltd.
Tokyo 154-0004 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Matsuoka, Tetsuya, c/o Sweden House Co., Ltd.
    Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-0004 (JP)
  • Kuroda, Yutaka, c/o Sweden House Co., Ltd.
    Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 154-0004 (JP)

(74) Representative: Silverman, Warren 
Haseltine Lake & Co. Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) Curved staircase and stair tread for curved staircase


(57) A curved staircase (1) and a stair tread (4,5,6,7) for a curved staircase (1) capable of reducing a stock space used for stock keeping, enhancing the working efficiency for shipment without requiring a selection operation in accordance with a curve direction of a curved staircase (1), and facilitating assembly at a building site is provided.
A curved staircase A (1) is formed by asymmetrical stair treads (4,5,6 and 7) such that finishing process for enabling use as a treadboard is applied to one horizontal surface of each stair tread (4,5,6,7), which can be an upper surface when arranged in a curved portion (10) bent in the right-hand direction and the same finishing process as that for the former horizontal surface is applied to the other horizontal surface of the stair tread (4,5,6,7), which can be an upper surface when the stair tread (4,5,6,7) is inverted to be arranged in the curved portion (10) bent in the left-hand direction.







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