Claims
- 1. A thermoglue binding tape to protect and decorate carpet's edges and borders with a fuse system, wherein the unfinished edge of the carpet has a floor-abutting surface and an ambient-facing surface, and wherein the ambient-facing surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet opposes the floor-abutting surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet, said binding comprising:
a) a tape; and b) an adhesive; wherein said tape has a pair of opposing surfaces; wherein said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape is defined by a pair of opposing edges; wherein said adhesive is disposed on said tape; and wherein said adhesive is for adhering said tape to the unfinished edge of the carpet.
- 2. The binding as defined in claim 1, wherein said adhesive completely covers one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape.
- 3. The binding as defined in claim 2, wherein said tape is bent into a channel shape; and
wherein said channel shape of said tape is for capturing the unfinished edge of the carpet.
- 4. The binding as defined in claim 3, wherein said one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape is for originating against the floor-abutting surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet, bending up over the unfinished edge of the carpet, and terminating against the ambient-facing surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet so as to allow said adhesive to abut the unfinished edge of the carpet completely and adhere said tape to the unfinished edge of the carpet when said tape is heated by a special iron design precisely for this purpose, which melts said adhesive.
- 5. The binding as defined in claim 1, wherein said adhesive is a pair of adhesive strips.
- 6. The binding as defined in claim 5, wherein one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive extends along one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape; and
wherein said one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive is disposed adjacent one edge of said pair of opposing edges of said tape.
- 7. The binding as defined in claim 6, wherein the other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive extends along the other surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape; and
wherein said other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive is disposed adjacent the other edge of said pair of opposing edges of said tape.
- 8. The binding as defined in claim 7, wherein said tape is bent into a channel shape; and
wherein said channel shape of said tape is for capturing the unfinished edge of the carpet.
- 9. The binding as defined in claim 8, wherein said one surface of the pair of opposing surfaces of said tape is for originating against the floor-abutting surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet, bending up over the unfinished edge of the carpet, bending back under itself so as to allow said other surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape to terminate against the ambient-facing surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet so as to allow said one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive to abut the floor-abutting surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet and said other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive to abut the ambient-facing surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet and adhere said tape to the unfinished edge of the carpet when said tape is heated by a special iron design precisely for this purpose, which melts said adhesive.
- 10. The binding as defined in claim 5, wherein one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive completely covers one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape;
wherein the other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive extends along the other surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape; and wherein the other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive is adjacent one edge of said pair of opposing edges of said tape.
- 11. The binding as defined in claim 10; further comprising welting.
- 12. The binding as defined in claim 11, wherein said welting is a paper rope.
- 13. The binding as defined in claim 11, wherein said welting extends along said one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape;
wherein said welting is disposed substantially midway between said pair of opposing edges of said tape; and wherein said welting is adhered to said tape by said one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive on said one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape.
- 14. The binding as defined in claim 13, wherein said tape wraps around said welting; and
wherein said tape adheres to said welting.
- 15. The binding as defined in claim 14, wherein said tape has an originating portion;
wherein said originating portion of said tape extends free of said welting; wherein said tape has a terminating portion; and wherein said terminating portion of said tape extends free of said welting.
- 16. The binding as defined in claim 15, wherein said terminating portion of said tape overlies said originating portion of said tape and is adhered thereto, by virtue of said one strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive on said one surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape, so as to form a flange.
- 17. The binding as defined in claim 16, wherein said flange of said tape has the other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive thereon by virtue of said terminating portion of said tape having the other surface of said pair of opposing surfaces of said tape exposed thereon.
- 18. The binding as defined in claim 17, wherein said flange of said tape is for underlying abutting the floor-facing surface of the unfinished edge of the carpet and is adhered thereto by said other strip of said pair of adhesive strips of said adhesive when said tape is heated by a special iron design precisely for this purpose, which melts said adhesive.
Priority Claims (1)
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000832-2002/OIN 0 |
Aug 2002 |
PE |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The instant application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/646,947, filed on Aug. 22, 2003, and entitled PROTECTIVE CARPET BINDING, which claimed the priority of Republic of Peru application document number 000823-2002/OIN 000001, filed Aug. 27, 2002.
Continuations (1)
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10646947 |
Aug 2003 |
US |
Child |
10790555 |
Mar 2004 |
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