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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Leo Martinez, Buena Park, CA (US);
Leo Martinez, Buena Park, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A floor laying tool allows a flooring installer to create splices between longitudinally overlapping beads of sealant where sheets of flooring are laid down in abutting relationship. The floor laying tool has a base structure with a flat bottom, a front end and a rear end. The rear end is hollow to accommodate a carriage that moves in a reciprocal, longitudinal path along inclined tracks on the base structure. The carriage carries a blade. When the tool is positioned over the end of a bead of sealant lying in a groove where the flooring edges abut, the carriage is moved forward while the base is held stationary. The carriage is moved up the inclined tracks, and travels along an inclined path to remove an elongated slice from the upwardly facing portion of the end of the bead of sealant. A subsequent bead of sealant laid in longitudinally overlapping fashion is joined in a splice that is nearly invisible in the finished product.