Floor Covering

Abstract

A floor coving comprising: a vertical section that in use abuts a vertical structure; a horizontal section that in use abuts a floor extending from said vertical structure; and a concave surface extending between the vertical section and the horizontal section, said concave surface being adapted to support a pliable layer of flooring material in use, wherein an upper surface of said vertical section is declined towards said concave surface.

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         19 . A floor coving comprising:
 a vertical section that in use abuts a vertical structure;   a horizontal section that in use abuts a floor extending from said vertical structure; and   a concave surface extending between the vertical section and the horizontal section, said concave surface being capable of supporting a pliable layer of flooring material in use,   wherein an upper surface of said vertical section is declined towards said concave surface,   wherein a continuous bevel extends between an abutment face of said vertical section that in use abuts said vertical structure and an abutment face of said horizontal section that in use abuts said floor, and   wherein said concave surface tapers to an edge of said horizontal section such that there is no step at the juncture of said horizontal section and said floor.   
     
     
         20 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein said upper surface of said vertical section is declined at about 45°. 
     
     
         21 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein said upper surface of said vertical section extends from a distal edge of said vertical section and is contiguous with said concave surface. 
     
     
         22 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , comprising a continuous step section cut into said abutment face of said vertical section and extending vertically from said continuous bevel. 
     
     
         23 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein said vertical section comprises a substantially planar upper portion comprising a planar surface extending from said upper surface of said vertical section, said planar surface of said planar upper portion being contiguous with said concave surface. 
     
     
         24 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein the ratio of height of said vertical section to depth of said horizontal section is from 1:1 to 2:1. 
     
     
         25 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein one or both of said vertical section and said horizontal section comprises one or more grooves or shallow incisions. 
     
     
         26 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , wherein one or both of said vertical section and said horizontal section comprises a longitudinally extending strip of releasable paper that when removed exposes a band of contact adhesive adapted to adhere said vertical section and said horizontal section to said vertical structure and said floor respectively. 
     
     
         27 . A floor coving according to claim  1 , said floor coving being constituted by a unitary extrusion of resilient synthetic material. 
     
     
         28 . A floor coving according to claim  9 , wherein said resilient synthetic material is flexible and has a Shore A Hardness of from 80-85. 
     
     
         29 . A floor coving according to claim  9 , wherein said resilient synthetic material is selected from synthetic rubbers and vinyl polymers. 
     
     
         30 . A floor coving according to claim  9 , wherein said resilient synthetic material is polyvinyl chloride. 
     
     
         31 . A floor coving according to claim  9 , wherein said resilient synthetic material contains an additive selected from a fungicide, a bactericide, an antimicrobial and a pigment or a combination thereof. 
     
     
         32 . A method of flooring a room comprising:
 applying floor coving according to claim  1  to junctures between vertical structures and a floor in said room, such that vertical sections of said floor coving abut said vertical structures and horizontal sections of said floor coving abut said floor; and   laying a flooring material on said floor,   wherein edges of said flooring material extend over said horizontal sections of said floor coving and at least part way up said vertical sections of said floor coving, conforming to contours of the concave surface of said floor coving.