(19)
(11) EP 1 251 220 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/43

(21) Application number: 02251736.1

(22) Date of filing: 12.03.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7E04F 15/024, E04B 5/12, E04B 5/48
(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: 21.04.2001 GB 0109854
15.01.2002 GB 0200788

(71) Applicant: Marlow & Co. Ltd.
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP32 7AP (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Smith, Roger
    Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP31 3PB (GB)

(74) Representative: Nash, Keith Wilfrid et al
KEITH W. NASH & Co., 90-92 Regent Street
Cambridge CB2 1DP
Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)

   


(54) Improvements in and relating to flooring


(57) A building component is described comprising a moulding adapted to be secured to the top surface of flooring joists either along the length thereof or transversely thereacross, having a rebate along its length to provide a ledge on which a floorboard edge can rest. The depth of the rebate accommodates at least the thickness of the floorboard, and the thickness of the moulding below the ledge creates a services void between the floorboard and the upper surface of the joists. The moulding may also include a second parallel rebate leaving a ridge therebetween. The two floorboards are spaced apart by the ridge. A further rebate can be provided to accommodate at least part of another member. Where a floor covering is laid over the floorboards the rebate(s) is/are sufficient to accommodate both boards and covering. A floor panel including such mouldings comprises a plurality of spaced apart joists secured at their ends to rim boards, elongate mouldings secured to the joists, flooring boards located on the rebates and secured to the mouldings, to create a void between the floorboards and the tops of the joists. A services supporting platform is formed by flat panels between and supported on the lower flanges of parallel I-beam joists.





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