CUTTING AND LAYING AID FOR CUTTING TO SIZE AND LAYING FLOORBOARDS IN A HERRINGBONE PATTERN

Abstract

A cutting and laying aid for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering includes floorboards in a herringbone pattern. The cutting and laying aid is a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width. A method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying them in a herringbone pattern and a use of a cutting and laying aid are also related.

The dimensions of the cutting and laying aid partially correspond to the characteristic dimensions of the floorboards or of the laying pattern. With these dimensions, the periodicity of the laying pattern is exploited to shorten the floorboards in the region of the laying area boundary to the required lengths or cut them to length. Contours of a laying area boundary, particularly a laying area edge, are transferred onto floorboards while saving a considerable amount of time and making the floorboard cutting of more precise and easier.

Claims

1. A cutting and laying aid for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering composed of a plurality of floorboards in a herringbone pattern, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured as a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width, wherein a floorboard to be laid has, in relation to the laying plane, a substantially rectangular floorboard upper side delimited by two opposite floorboard end sides and floorboard long sides, respectively, wherein the floorboard end sides are shorter than the floorboard long sides and a floorboard longitudinal axis extends parallel to the floorboard long sides, wherein the herringbone pattern comprises floorboards disposed along a laying axis in at least two laying rows, wherein the floorboards of a first laying row are disposed with an angle of the floorboard longitudinal axis to the laying axis of +45° and the floorboards of a second laying row with an angle of the floorboard longitudinal axis to the laying axis of −45° and the floorboards of a respective laying row, with respect to a respectively adjacent floorboard of the respective laying row, are offset along the floorboard longitudinal axis by one length of the end side in each case, wherein one floorboard long side of a floorboard of a laying row in each case abuts at least partially against a floorboard long side of an adjacent floorboard of the same laying row, and a corner of the floorboard upper side of each floorboard lies on the laying axis, wherein the flat body width corresponds to the sum of a first characteristic dimension of the floorboard and a first joint width.

2. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the first characteristic dimension of the floorboard corresponds to a length of a diagonal extending at an angle of 45° to the floorboard longitudinal axis and across the floorboard upper side.

3. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the flat body length of the cutting and laying aid corresponds to the sum of a second characteristic dimension of the herringbone pattern and a second joint width.

4. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 3, wherein the second characteristic dimension corresponds to the length of a connecting line, which extends orthogonally to the laying axis, between an outermost corner of the floorboard end side of a floorboard laid in a first laying row and, with respect to the laying axis, an innermost corner of the floorboard end side of a floorboard laid in the second laying row in the laying plane.

5. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the first and/or second joint widths are less than 20 mm and greater than 6 mm.

6. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the first and second joint widths have substantially the same dimensions.

7. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured such that the floor covering is configured to be laid both with a joint width greater than zero and with a joint width equal to zero.

8. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is made from a material having sufficient ruggedness so that the cutting and laying aid is configured to be used as a guide for a cutting tool for cutting the floorboards.

9. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid has a guide rail for a tool.

10. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is made from plastic, metal, a fiber composite material, a natural substance, textile material and/or a cellulose-based material.

11. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein cutting instructions for a user are depicted on a side of the cutting and laying aid.

12. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured for laying and cutting floorboards of wood, plastic, stone, tiles and/or composite material.

13. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid has a surface coating.

14. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid has a folding edge for reducing the dimensions of the cutting and laying aid.

15. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured so that the flat body width is configured to be extended by the measure of a first characteristic width or a multiple thereof, and/or that the flat body length is configured to be extended by the measure of a second characteristic width or a multiple thereof.

16. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured for use in a herringbone pattern with an angle between the laying axis and a laying area boundary of equal to or greater than 45° and equal to or less than 135°.

17. The cutting and laying aid according to claim 1, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured for use in a herringbone pattern with an angle between an orthogonal of the laying axis and a laying area boundary of equal to or greater than 45° and equal to or less than 135°.

18. A method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying them in a herringbone pattern, using a cutting and laying aid configured in accordance with claim 1, wherein the method, in a first variant of the method, includes the following step if the laying axis has an angle of 45° to 135° to the laying area boundary: a. floorboards not cut to length are laid in a laying row in a herringbone pattern in the direction of a laying area boundary until no further floorboards that are not cut to length can be laid in the laying row because of the laying area boundary, b. the next floorboard to be laid in the laying row is placed on the last laid floorboard of the side of the laying row facing towards the laying area boundary, c. the cutting and laying aid is placed on the floorboard to be laid in such a way that the cutting and laying aid abuts with its flat body long side against the laying area boundary, d. a contour of the cutting and laying aid is transferred onto the floorboard to be laid, e. the floorboard to be laid is cut to length along the transferred contour, f. and the floorboard which is cut to length and to be laid is laid so as to conform to the herringbone pattern; and the method includes, in a second variant of the method, the following steps if an orthogonal to the laying axis has an angle of 45° to 135° to the laying area boundary: g. floorboards not cut to length are laid so as to conform to a herringbone pattern in the direction of a laying area boundary, wherein a first laying row is laid in the vicinity of the laying area boundary and a second laying row is laid adjacent to the first laying row on the side of the first laying row facing away from the laying area boundary, h. a floorboard to be laid between the laying area boundary and the first laying row is placed on a floorboard of the second laying row which is disposed within the herringbone pattern at the same level as the floorboard to be laid, i. the cutting and laying aid is placed on the floorboard to be laid in such a way that the cutting and laying aid abuts with its flat body short side against the laying area boundary, j. a contour of the cutting and laying aid is transferred onto the floorboard to be laid, k. the floorboard to be laid is cut to length along the transferred contour, l. and the floorboard which is cut to length and to be laid is laid so as to conform to the herringbone pattern.

19. Use of a cutting and laying aid configured for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering composed of a plurality of floorboards in a herringbone pattern, wherein the cutting and laying aid is configured as a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width, wherein a floorboard to be laid has, in relation to the laying plane, a substantially rectangular floorboard upper side delimited by two opposite floorboard end sides and floorboard long sides, respectively, wherein the floorboard end sides are shorter than the floorboard long sides and a floorboard longitudinal axis extends parallel to the floorboard long sides, wherein the herringbone pattern comprises floorboards disposed along a laying axis in at least two laying rows, wherein the floorboards of a first laying row are disposed with an angle of the floorboard longitudinal axis to the laying axis of +45° and the floorboards of a second laying row with an angle of the floorboard longitudinal axis to the laying axis of −45° and the floorboards of a respective laying row, with respect to a respectively adjacent floorboard of the respective laying row, are offset along the floorboard longitudinal axis by one length of the end side in each case, wherein one floorboard long side of a floorboard of a laying row in each case abuts at least partially against a floorboard long side of an adjacent floorboard of the same laying row, and a corner of the floorboard upper side of each floorboard lies on the laying axis, wherein the flat body width corresponds to the sum of a first characteristic dimension of the floorboard and a first joint width in a method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying the floorboards in a herringbone pattern, in a method according to claim 18.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO THE DRAWINGS

[0050] Other advantages and features of the disclosure become apparent from the following description of exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, which shall be understood not to be limiting and which will be explained below with reference to the drawings. These drawings schematically show:

[0051] FIG. 1: a partial top view of a floor covering to be laid with a laying area boundary 16 in a first arrangement, wherein the floor covering is laid with a herringbone pattern, and an illustration of a floorboard 17 to be laid, which is to be shortened prior to laying;

[0052] FIG. 2: the position into which the floorboard 17 to be laid according to FIG. 1 is to be brought for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16;

[0053] FIG. 3: the cutting and laying aid 1 in a position for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16 onto the floorboard 17 to be laid;

[0054] FIG. 4: a floorboard 17 cut to length and to be laid in accordance with the contour of the laying area boundary 16 of FIG. 3,

[0055] FIG. 5: the laid, cut-to-length floorboard 17 in a laying arrangement according to FIGS. 1-4;

[0056] FIG. 6: a partial top view of a floor covering to be laid with a laying area boundary 16 in an alternative arrangement, wherein the floor covering is laid with a herringbone pattern, and an illustration of a floorboard 17 to be laid, which is to be shortened first;

[0057] FIG. 7: the position into which the further floorboard 17 to be laid according to FIG. 6 is to be brought for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16; and

[0058] FIG. 8: the cutting and laying aid 1 in a position for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16 onto the further floorboard 17 to be laid.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION TO THE DRAWINGS

[0059] FIG. 1 shows a top view of a floor covering laid in a herringbone pattern and composed of individual floorboards 2. In the process, the floorboards 2 are arranged and laid in an alternatingly periodic manner at an angle of +45° or −45° along a laying axis 9. In this case, the angle is applied between the floorboard longitudinal axis 8 and the laying axis 9. One corner 12 of the floorboard upper side 5 of each floorboard 2, respectively, is in this case disposed on the laying axis 9, and the floorboard long sides 7 of adjacent floorboards 2 abut against each other. This results in two laying rows 10 and 11, which cannot be continued in the direction of a laying area boundary 16 (which may be a wall, for example) without cutting to length the next floorboards 17 to be laid. The next floorboard 17 to be laid is in this case depicted in dashed lines, it being apparent that the upper corner of the floorboard 17 to be laid (without the floorboard 17 being cut to length) would protrude over the laying area boundary 16, and thus needs to be cut to length for laying the floorboard 17.

[0060] The first characteristic dimension 13 and the second characteristic dimension 14, which represent geometric measurements of the floorboards 2 or of the herringbone pattern, are also shown. In this case, the first characteristic 13 corresponds to the diagonal along the laying axis 9 across a floorboard. At the same time, this is also the extent by which the floor covering progresses for each laid floorboard 2 in the direction of the laying axis 9. In contrast, the second characteristic dimension 14 is derived from the herringbone pattern. In this case, the second characteristic dimension 14 corresponds to a length of a connecting line 20, which extends orthogonally to the laying axis 9, between an outermost corner of the floorboard end side 6 of a floorboard 2 laid in a first laying row 10 and an—with respect to the laying axis 9—innermost corner of the floorboard end side 6 of a floorboard 2 laid in the second laying row 11 in the laying plane. Both the above-mentioned outermost corner and the innermost corner in this case are not located on the laying axis 9 but on axes offset parallel thereto.

[0061] FIG. 2 indicates the placement position for the floorboard 17 which needs to be realized in order to properly transfer the contour of the laying area boundary 16 onto the floorboard 17 to be laid and cut it to length accordingly by means of the cutting and laying aid 1. In the process, the floorboard 17 to be laid is laid down or placed on the last floorboard 2, which has already been laid, of the same laying row 10 or 11. The floorboard 17 to be laid, which final position is shown in dashed lines in FIG. 1, therefore has to be placed on the last floorboard 2 of the same laying row 10, which is marked in the present case with brackets at the corners of the floorboard 2.

[0062] After the floorboard 17 to be laid has been brought into position in accordance with FIG. 3, FIG. 3 also shows the cutting and laying aid 1 in its position of use, so that the contour of the laying area boundary 16 can be transferred onto the floorboard 17 to be laid, wherein the flat body width 4 or the flat body short side 18 of the cutting and laying aid comes into play. In this case, the cutting and laying aid 1 abuts with its flat body long side 19 against the laying area boundary 16. The floorboard 17 to be laid can be scribed and cut to length on the opposite side of the cutting and laying aid 1. The contour is thus transferred at the position at which the floorboard 17 to be laid (or the upper side of the floorboard 17) is intersected by the flat body long side 19.

[0063] According to the illustration of FIG. 4, the floorboard 17 to be laid, which is arranged in the herringbone pattern according to FIG. 5, is then cut to length along this transferred contour. The leftover piece that was cut off is not used in laying this floorboard 17 to be laid and is discarded.

[0064] In analogy therewith, FIG. 6 shows a different part of the floor covering with a herringbone pattern. Two laying rows 10 and 11 and a further laying row are indicated for this purpose. Several laying axes that are of importance for the respective laying rows 10, 11 are also depicted. In this case a further laying row of floorboards 2 has to be laid next to and to the left of the first two laying rows 10 and 11, wherein no (uncut) floorboards 2 can be laid due to the given measurements and the distance from the laying area boundary 16, but the floorboards 17 to be laid in this row have to be cut to length. By way of example, the floorboard 17 to be laid is depicted in dashed lines and would protrude over the laying area boundary 16. The part of the floorboard 17 to be laid protruding over the laying area boundary 16 therefore needs to be cut off or cut to length for laying the floorboard 17.

[0065] In this case, the floorboard 17 to be laid, as shown in FIG. 7, is placed onto an already-laid floorboard 2 two laying rows further to the right and at the same level in the herringbone pattern, for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16. The same level in this example means that the position, which is shown in dashed lines in FIG. 6, of the floorboard 17 to be laid is projected orthogonally to the laying axis 9, i.e. in this case even horizontally, and towards the right onto the second laying row 11, marked by brackets at the corners of this floorboard 2.

[0066] FIG. 8 finally shows the positioning of the cutting and laying aid 1, whose flat body long side 19 is used for transferring the contour of the laying area boundary 16. To this end, the flat body short side 18 abuts against the laying area boundary 16.

[0067] In analogy to the previous process, the floorboard 17 to be laid is then cut to length along the transferred contour of the laying area boundary 16 and laid. In the process, the floorboard 17 to be laid is cut to length in the area of intersection of the flat body short side 18 with the floorboard 2. Also analogously, the process can be carried over to the other boundary areas of the laying plane.