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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1984
John G Brown, Harvard, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A gravity-held-in-place-load-bearing-horizontal-tile-array over a horizontal-base-surface, typically a floor, which comprises an array of rigid tiles set on a horizontal-base-surface. The rigid tiles have edges positioned adjacent to the edges of adjoining tiles in the array, with the array of rigid tiles being separated from the horizontal-base-surface by at least a 1/8 inch thickness of horizontal-disassociation-cushing-layer. The tiles are adhesively joined at their edges to adjacent edges of adjoining tiles with an elastomeric sealant with adhesive properties. Accordingly, impact sound such as footsteps on the tiles passing through the horizontal-base-surface is substantially diminished by the thickness of the horizontal-disassociation-cushioning-layer, while the tiles form a dynamic, movable system, with the elastomeric-sealant-joints compensating without breaking of the joint or of tile as the tile is temporarily pressed by a footstep or the like into the thickness of the horizontal-disassociation-cushioning-layer. Also, thicker sections of generally rigid horizontal-rigid-foam-insulation may be placed under the array of tiles to provide thermal insulation between habitable spaces in addition to impact sound isolation between habitable areas.