Floor Edge Moulding with Wall-Taped Mounting and Pinched Floor Retention

Abstract

A flooring installation features flooring laid atop a subfloor in a position leaving a gap between at least one perimeter edge of said flooring and a respectively adjacent wall structure; and an edge moulding having a base stem and a cap, said base stem reaching downwardly into the gap between the flooring and the adjacent wall structure, said cap having an inner lip jutting inwardly over the flooring from said base stem. Double sided tape is disposed between, and adhered to both, the base stem and the wall structure to adhesively secure said edge moulding to the wall structure.

1 . A flooring installation comprising:
 flooring laid atop a subfloor in a position leaving a gap between at least one perimeter edge of said flooring and a respectively adjacent wall structure standing upright from said subfloor;   an edge moulding having a base stem and a cap disposed atop said base stem, said base stem reaching downwardly into the gap between the flooring and the adjacent wall structure, said cap having an inner lip jutting inwardly over the flooring from said base stem; and   double sided tape disposed between, and adhered to both, the base stem and the wall structure to adhesively secure said edge moulding to the wall structure.   
     
     
         2 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the flooring is compressible in a thickness direction thereof, and an uncompressed thickness dimension of said flooring exceeds a minimum clearance space measured between the subfloor and the inner lip, whereby a compressed area of the flooring is in a pinched state between the subfloor and the inner lip of the moulding. 
     
     
         3 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the flooring is compressible in a thickness direction thereof, and an uncompressed thickness dimension of said flooring exceeds a minimum clearance space measured between the inner lip and a reference plane occupied by a bottom end of the base stem, whereby a compressed area of the flooring is in a pinched state between the subfloor and the inner lip of the moulding. 
     
     
         4 . The flooring installation of  claim 2  wherein a location on the inner lip at which the minimum clearance space is measured is neighboured by an adjacent area of the inner lip at which a greater clearance space is provided, whereby the compressed area of the flooring is neighboured by a lesser compressed area of the flooring beneath said adjacent area of the inner lip. 
     
     
         5 . The flooring installation of  claim 4  wherein the minimum clearance space is measured at a distal end of the inner lip situated oppositely of the base stem. 
     
     
         6 . The flooring installation of  claim 2  wherein the flooring, at least along said one perimeter edge thereof, is held in place solely by the pinched state of said flooring. 
     
     
         7 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the base stem is seated atop the subfloor. 
     
     
         8 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the double sided tape is adhered to a baseboard of the wall structure. 
     
     
         9 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the double sided tape is adhered to a wall board of the wall structure. 
     
     
         10 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the double sided tape is double sided foam tape. 
     
     
         11 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the double sided tape is acrylic foam tape. 
     
     
         12 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the double sided tape is pressure sensitive. 
     
     
         13 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the flooring comprises carpeting. 
     
     
         14 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein the flooring installation is free of any tack strips. 
     
     
         15 . The flooring installation of  claim 1  wherein said cap has an outer lip jutting outwardly from the base stem into contact with the wall structure and thereby concealing the double sided tape beneath said outer lip. 
     
     
         16 . A method of flooring installation, said method comprising:
 in a gap between left between a wall structure standing upright from a subfloor and a perimeter edge of flooring laid atop said subfloor, inserting a base stem of an edge moulding that has a cap disposed atop said base stem; and   using double sided tape sandwiched between said base stem and said wall structure to provide an adhered connection of said edge moulding to the wall structure in an installed position placing an inner lip of said cap in overlying relation to the flooring, thereby using said inner lip of the cap to respectively conceal the perimeter edge of the flooring.   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16  comprising compressing an edge-proximate area of said flooring between the inner lip of the edge moulding and the subfloor during insertion of the base stem into the gap, and leaving said edge-proximate area of the flooring in a pinched state between the inner lip of the edge moulding and the subfloor in the installed position of the edge moulding. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  comprising, at least along said perimeter edge of the flooring, using only said pinched state of the flooring between the inner lip of the edge moulding and the subfloor to hold said flooring in place. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17  wherein said edge-proximate area is spaced form said perimeter edge, and a neigbouring edge-adjacent area of the flooring between said edge-proximate area and said perimeter edge is left in a less compressed state than said edge-proximate area pinched between the inner lip of the edge moulding and the sub floor. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 16  wherein inserting the base stem into the gap comprises seating the base stem atop the subfloor. 
     
     
         21 - 28 . (canceled)