A method for installing a floor covering comprising the steps of:providing a thinset composition (21) on top of a subfloor (20)providing a covering element (1) on top of said thinset composition (1) when the thinset composition (21) is in an uncured or partially cured state, wherein said covering element (1) has an upper side and a lower side (1b) and is removably attached to an intermediate layer (14) at its lower side (1b), so that said intermediate layer (14) enters into contact with the thinset composition (21).

The present invention relates generally to a tile or panel having at least one magnetic material embedded therein, and fully or partially covered with at least one layer of parchment. The invention also encompasses at least one discrete permanent magnet that is placed at an appropriate location within a panel or tile, and wherein at least a portion of the panel or tile and the at least one magnet are then optionally covered with at least one layer of at least one barrier material, and then at least one parchment layer partially or fully envelopes this assembly. The inventive tile having at least one magnetic type material can have at least one indicia or design on at least one surface, and the inventive tile can be magnetically attached to a wall or another panel having at least one magnetic type material to form a wall or panel surface.

A system and method of a modular floor assembly and installation on an aircraft is presented in embodiments herein. A floor assembly comprising an underlayment layer and a decorative layer may be assembled to provide an aircraft floor that meets Federal Aviation Regulations. The floor assembly may comprise structural, adhesive, and magnetic layers creating a floor assembly that may be quickly and easily removable for maintenance and access to compartments below the floor assembly.

A kit that includes multiple rectilinear elongate polygonal elements having five unique shapes, four of which are concave polygonal elements. In some examples, when arranged with respect to one another, the elements of the kit form a girih strapwork pattern. In one aspect, respective elements in a kit may include bezels or boarders along longer sides to enhance an over/under weaving effect of the girih strapwork pattern. In other aspects, one or more elements may be formed as a tray, and some of the trays may include various components or materials disposed in the tray (e.g., architectural surface materials, biological systems, various electronic components) to provide for a variety of creative designs and structural/sculptural installations for built environments. In some implementations, one or more such trays may have beveled rims so as to appear light and thin when viewed.

The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for installing modular wood, engineered hardwood, and hardwood surface covering units on walls, floors, and other surfaces. The modular surface covering units have multiple layers. The layers are an outer layer, a wood, engineered hardwood, or hardwood layer, and a magnetic layer. Other layers or combinations of layers may also be used.

A liquid adhesive coating composition that cures into a solid form, used to non-permanently adhere interior floor or wall coverings to substrate floor or wall surfaces respectively, includes a polymer incorporating iron or other paramagnetic, superparamagnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic ingredients, that becomes permanently adhered to the substrate as it cures, and thereafter provides a low-tack adhesive surface that is also magnetically attractive, upon which magnetized floor or wall coverings including certain types of carpet, linoleum, vinyl, wallpaper, and other types of magnetically-backed coverings can be subsequently installed. The combined low-tack adhesive and magnetic adhesion qualities of the cured composition of the invention allow for the magnetically-backed floor or wall coverings to be sufficiently well adhered to the surface of the cured adhesive composition to remain in place during normal usage while retaining the ability for the coverings to be subsequently removed, repositioned or replaced without damaging the respective coverings, adhesive coating composition layer, or substrate.

A system and method of removably attaching a flooring surface material to a subfloor. The subfloor may include a modular raised flooring system comprising a plurality of raised floor panels, and comprising a magnetic body, surface or underlayment material. The flooring surface material includes a magnetic attachment surface that holds the flooring surface material in place on the subfloor by magnetic attraction, but that allows removal for disassembly and/or replacement.

The present invention pertains to the art of floor coverings, and, more particularly to an apparatus for use in securing floor covering units to an underlay and a method of manufacturing said floor covering units and said underlay. More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and method of manufacturing magnetized floor covering units and magnetized underlays for securing magnetized floor covering units.

This invention relates to a washable multi-component magnetic floor mat with a hidden base component. The floor mat contains a textile component and a base component. The textile component and the base component are attached to one another by magnetic attraction. The magnetic attraction is provided by incorporation of magnetic particles in both the textile and base components. The textile component is designed to be soiled, washed, and re-used, thereby providing ideal end-use applications in areas such as building entryways. The present invention eliminates the need to wash the base component of the floor mat which results in environmental, cost and labor conservation. Alignment and deployment of the textile component with the base component in an efficient manner is also described herein.

The magnetic ceramic tile project was aimed at developing a system for magnetically fastening a tile to a substrate and arose as a solution to the need in the ceramic tile industry to use new installation systems that offer greater versatility and fit in with the dynamics of a product that is increasingly identified with the concept of fashion. A permanently up-to-date image. What is the point of bringing a large number of designs to market only to be inconvenienced by invariably disruptive replacement work? It is much easier to have a removable installation system that allows ceramic tiles to be replaced without construction work and a constantly up-to-date image to be provided. Inconvenient construction work, a thing of the past. The various technologies applied to ceramic tiles generate a product with great advances in terms of design and finishes but which continues to use mortar as a bonding system. This obliges fixed installation with the same problem as always: construction work, synonymous with demolition, dust, rubble, noise, dirt and other nuisances that always question the advisability of changing the tiles. Gaining ground for ceramic tiles against the competition. Other materials are gaining popularity over ceramic tiles because they are much easier to replace and do not involve the problem of construction work. Vinyls, synthetic parquets, carpets and other similar products are increasingly entering the traditionally ceramic market, with their designs, finishes and textures evolving in line with fashion in the same way as those of ceramic tiles. However, these other materials have the advantage of simpler and cleaner assembly than masonry works. Additional uses and advantages Hotels, and the contract world in general, require frequent decoration changes and are the sectors most affected by replacement works, since, apart from the inconvenience caused, they reduce revenue. Using the new magnetic installation technology, all these problems can be eliminated, with economical, quick and clean installation being prioritised. Exhibition spaces, into which so much is invested, can become an area of significant savings while highlighting the new opportunities provided by the system. The technique also allows the incorporation of magnetically powered sensors, with information input, which make walls smart (utility model: smart walls). Similarly, any intervention can be carried out in a way that is minimally damaging to the tiling. An added economic advantage is that the ceramic tile, which can be easily installed and replaced without being damaged, can be included in equipment that can be financed through leasing, with the advantages that this entails.