Carpet tiling system and method of installation

摘要

The present invention relates to a new type of floating carpet for covering any size surface, including entire rooms, by interlocking carpet covered bases on which resides a layer of carpet where each portion of the multiple tiles forming the carpet is a flat plastic base with side interlocking mechanisms made of male and mating female connectors to allow for the rapid design and installation of a modular layer of carpeting over existing surfaces, and more specifically multiple rectangular tiles each with a polymeric base on which is attached a piece of carpet for quick interlocking of side locking mechanisms on the polymeric base to secure adjacent carpet tiles into a carpet over a surface.

主权项

1. A carpet tile, comprising:
a horizontal interlocking tray having an outer horizontal edge with at least a male connector and a female connector, where an area defined within the outer horizontal edge is a plate with an underside for laying down the carpet tile on a flat surface and an upper side opposite to the underside; and a textured carpet attached to the upper side of the horizontal interlocking tray for securing the carpet to the horizontal interlocking tray; wherein the male connector and the female connector on the outer horizontal edge are designed to interlock each with a different adjacent carpet tile laid down on the flat surface; and wherein the male connector comprises a tab protruding from the outer horizontal edge substantially parallel to the flat surface with a centering lug protruding from the tab in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to the flat surface and a snap lock configured to deflect in the vertical direction, and the female connector comprises a vertical slot in the outer horizontal edge configured to receive the tab and a horizontal opening configured to receive the snap lock.