Transition profile between flooring elements

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for adjusting the support height of a retaining mechanism of a base profile of a floor profile arrangement for receiving, so as to attach, a covering profile for joints.

Claims

1. A base profile of a floor profile arrangement, comprising a support arm, a retaining mechanism, configured to receive and attach a joint covering profile, wherein, on the support arm, at least one bending part is positioned, the bending part configured to point, in use, in a first vertical direction, relative to a base profile to contact a surface, the bending part being bent, in use, outside a plane formed by the support arm, the bending part when bent in use forming a support for the base profile on the contact surface and, as a result, shifting the retaining mechanism, into a second vertical direction, opposite the first vertical direction wherein the bending part is formed on the support arm by means of at least one cut, and wherein multiple cuts are formed spaced apart on the support arm in a longitudinal direction extending along the joint covered by the joint covering mechanism, wherein the at least one bending part is formed by at least one section between the respective cuts.

2. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the at least one bending part is formed as a single part on the support arm.

3. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the bending part is formed as a tab, which is bendable in the first vertical direction, with at least one facing edge that is freely movable out of the plane of the support arm.

4. The base profile according to claim 3, wherein the tab has a width of 3-50 mm in the longitudinal direction along the joint.

5. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the support arm has at least one recess extending parallel to a length of the retaining mechanism the recess being transversely disposed relative to the support arm, with the recess being formed to receive an attachment arm of the covering profile, in use.

6. The base profile according to claim 5, wherein the at least one bending part is formed at the recess of the support arm.

7. The base profile according to claim 5, wherein the support arm has multiple recesses spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction, wherein the at least one bending part is formed at each of the recesses, on the support arm.

8. The base profile according to claim 5, wherein the at least one cut extends, starting from the recess, in a transverse direction, with respect to a length of the retaining mechanism and orthogonally with respect to the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction, or the cuts extend in the support arm at an angle with respect to the transverse direction.

9. The base profile according to claim 5, wherein the at least one cut extends, starting from the recess, in a transverse direction to the transition section of the support arm over at least one groove.

10. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the support arm has a transition section directly adjacent the retaining mechanism in the transverse direction, wherein the transition section of the support arm has at least one first groove extending in the longitudinal direction.

11. The base profile according to claim 10, wherein the transition section of the support arm has multiple grooves extending in the longitudinal direction, which alternate, when viewed in the transverse direction, on two opposite surfaces of the transition section.

12. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the retaining mechanism is U shaped, when viewed in the cross-section, with two retaining bars extending in the vertical direction, which form a toothed edge between them.

13. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the retaining mechanism is formed on the support arm by means of a securing bar extending in the vertical direction.

14. The base profile according to claim 1, wherein the base profile is formed from aluminum.

15. A floor profile arrangement with a base profile according to claim 1, the floor profile arrangement including a covering profile configured to be attached to the base profile.

Description

(1) Other advantageous further developments of the invention are characterized in the dependent claims and/or are shown in more detail in the following, by means of the figures, along with the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention. In the drawings:

(2) FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a base profile in a first embodiment variant;

(3) FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a base profile in a further embodiment variant;

(4) FIG. 3a shows a side view of the base profile from FIG. 2, in an original state, with the covering profile indicated;

(5) FIG. 3b shows a side view of the base profile from FIG. 3a, with the vertically offset retaining mechanism and covering profile indicated.

(6) The invention is described in the following using an exemplary embodiment with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3a, 3b wherein use of the same reference numerals indicate the same structure and/or functional features.

(7) FIG. 1 shows an overall perspective view of an inventive base profile 1 of a floor profile arrangement. The longitudinal, vertical, and transverse directions are defined as they are indicated in the overall disclosure.

(8) The base profile 1 has a support arm 4, a transition section 10, and a retaining mechanism 2, which is formed in the shape of a U when viewed in the cross-section, by means of two retaining bars 13, and has a toothed edge at the inner surfaces of the retaining bars 13 thereof. Bolts can be attached and a covering profile 3, indicated in FIGS. 3a and 3b, can be affixed to the toothed edge of the retaining bars 13.

(9) In the embodiment according to FIG. 1, the transition section 10 connecting the support arm 4 and the retaining mechanism 2 is formed by a securing bar 14, which has less material thickness than the support arm 4. This ensures a certain amount of flexibility and capacity to bend in the transverse direction as compared to the support arm 4. The securing bar 14 extends up to the retaining mechanism 2, in the extension of the support arm 4.

(10) Furthermore, FIG. 1 shows that there are multiple spaced-apart recesses 7 in the transition section 10, formed as a slotted hole punch-out, extending in the longitudinal direction along the securing bar 14, which are formed to receive the attachment arms 8 of the covering profile 3 (see FIGS. 3a, 3b). Two identically formed cuts 6 extend over approximately half the total width of the support arm 4, at each of the recesses 7. As viewed in the longitudinal direction, the cuts 6 are positioned in the middle with respect to the recesses 7 and form the bending part 5 between them in the form of a tab, which can be pushed downward in the vertical direction, opposite the support arm 4, by means of a tool. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the bending parts 5 are not bent.

(11) In the support arm 4, a borehole 15, by means of which the support arm 4 is affixed to a contact surface, i.e. a flooring or a wall, with an attachment means, e.g. a bolt, is provided between every two bending parts 5. Along the edge, the support arm 4 extends in a ramp-like manner, wherein its material thickness continually reduces.

(12) FIG. 2 shows an alternative embodiment variant of the base profile 1, wherein features identical to the embodiment according to FIG. 1 are not described again but nevertheless are considered as disclosed.

(13) With the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the base profile 1 is formed with an alternative embodiment of the securing bar 14 and of the transition area 10. In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the securing bar 14 is formed in the vertical direction, in the middle underneath the U-shaped retaining mechanism 2, and essentially describes an L-shape, when viewed in the cross-section, with a securing bar 26 extending in the vertical direction. In this position of the retaining mechanism 2, securing bar 14 and/or 26 enables a much greater flexibility in the retaining mechanism 2 in the transverse direction and simplifies, in this manner, the alignment of the retaining mechanism 2 opposite the covering profile 3.

(14) The transition section 10 between the support arm 4 and the retaining mechanism 2 with this embodiment has multiple grooves 11 extending in the longitudinal direction, which are sunk so as to alternate, when viewed in the transverse direction, on two opposite surfaces in the transition section 10. Furthermore, FIG. 2 shows that the cuts 6 extend starting from the recesses 7 in the transverse direction in the transition section 10 over a groove 11 on the upper side of the base profile 1. In the embodiment according to FIG. 2, the bending parts 5 are bent downward in the vertical direction and provide the support for the base profile 1, in which the retaining mechanism 2 is shifted upwards vertically in height compared to the support arm 4 to be attached on the contact surface 9, which corresponds to a bending height of the bending part 5 in the vertical direction.

(15) FIGS. 3a and 3b show side views of the base profile 1 from FIG. 2, onto which a covering profile 3 is placed in order to cover two edges of thick floor coverings 16. FIG. 3a shows the base profile 1 in a position in which the bending parts 5 are not bent and consequently the attachment arms 8 of the covering profile 3 end on the edge plane E of the retaining mechanism 2 and do not reach the retaining bars 13 of the retaining mechanism 2, so as to ensure prior fixing in position between the covering profile 3 and the base profile 1.

(16) FIG. 3b shows the base profile from FIG. 3a, wherein the bending parts 5 are bent in the vertical direction opposite the support arm 4 and consequently the retaining mechanism 2 is shifted or raised upward vertically into the joint 17 and no longer rests on the contact surface 9 completely or over the entire surface. Thus, the attachment arms 8 of the covering profile 3 can reach the securing bars 13 of the retaining mechanism 2 and can be placed for prior fixing or in a fixed position next to each other for lateral contact. The covering profile 3 can thus be positioned precisely opposite the base profile 1 such that the covering profile 3 is to be attached to the base profile 1 in a fixed position.

(17) The invention is not limited in its embodiment to the aforementioned preferred exemplary embodiments. Rather a number of variants is conceivable, which would make use of the solution shown even with essentially different embodiments. For example, the bending parts 5 may also be provided in an area that is not at the height of the recesses 7. The bending parts 5 may also be punched as tabs in the support arms 4 or the transition section 10. Furthermore, the cuts 6 may also extend at an angle opposite the transverse direction and thus be parallel to one another or flipped.