Abstract: Disclosed is a pylon anchoring system in the form of an extruded strip that may be wrapped around, and affixed to, a pylon or post such that the pylon anchoring system is positioned beneath a sand line when the pylon or post is installed and set. Advantageously, when the post or pylon is installed such that the pylon anchoring strip is positioned beneath sand (or some other ground surface), a plurality of anchor elements on the system generate a counteracting force to any external force that might cause the pylon to shift from a set position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multilayered, multicolored threshold for transitioning from one flooring surface to another, such as at a doorway. An exemplary multicolor threshold includes a top layer comprised of a first compound and a main body portion comprised of a second compound.

Abstract: Disclosed are hinged and non-hinged bunk board cover systems for mating over a bunk board component of a watercraft trailer. An exemplary hinged embodiment includes a main contact surface component sized to substantially cover a top surface of the bunk board component and a pair of side fastener surface components connected to the main contact surface component via a pair of hinge components. The main contact surface component, hinge components and side fastener surface components may be co-extruded into a single, “cut to length” ribbon that can be formed into a bulk roll. It is envisioned that certain embodiments may be constructed from thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes various embodiments, as well as features and aspects thereof, of a sealing strip that can function to create a thermal, gas, liquid and/or particulate barrier between the primary surface and the secondary surface when the two are mated. More specifically, one embodiment of the sealing strip includes a coupling portion for detachably coupling the sealing strip to a primary surface, a gasket portion defining a channel and a channel insert; the gasket portion having a flexing portion, a flex point and a channel; the channel insert configured to fill at least a portion of the channel, to fit at least partially within said channel and to extend along at least a partial length of said channel.

Abstract: Disclosed are hinged and non-hinged bunk board cover systems for mating over a bunk board component of a watercraft trailer. An exemplary hinged embodiment includes a main contact surface component sized to substantially cover a top surface of the bunk board component and a pair of side fastener surface components connected to the main contact surface component via a pair of hinge components. The main contact surface component, hinge components and side fastener surface components may be co-extruded into a single, “cut to length” ribbon that can be formed into a bulk roll. It is envisioned that certain embodiments may be constructed from thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A door assembly includes a frame with brick mold, a threshold, and a door panel. A plastic member is mounted to the frame and the plastic member defines a flashing strip, a nailing fin, and a tear-away construction cover that protects a portion of the frame, such as the brick mold, from damage during construction. After construction, the construction cover is torn away to reveal the protected clean and undamaged brick mold.

Abstract: A door jamb assembly for an entryway has a wooden jamb plate to which an extruded plastic brick mold and stop member is attached. The brick mold and stop member forms the raised stop of the jamb assembly also may form the brick mold thereof. The extruded plastic brick mold and stop member has a core made of economical cellular PVC plastic at least partially encased in a stabilizing layer of a plastic material, such as SAN, having a heat distortion temperature greater than that of the PVC plastic of the core. The stabilizing layer holds the core material in place and restrains it against distortion and shrinkage due to extreme temperatures, such as those found between a storm door and a door exposed to direct sunlight.

Abstract: A commercial floor mat has a plurality of aluminum rails arranged in closely spaced side-by-side relationship and connected together by hinged connectors beneath the rails. Each rail has a pair of downwardly facing grooves on its underside extending along respective edges of the rail. Each connector has a flexible central web and a pair of spaced upstanding tabs disposed in the downwardly facing grooves of adjacent rails. The tabs have flexible barb-shaped ribs extending along their opposed faces to anchor the tabs in the grooves with a friction fit. The flexible central webs of the connectors facilitate hinged movement of connected rails to permit the mat to be rolled onto itself into a compact configuration.

Abstract: A floor mat including a plurality of rigid, elongated rails interconnected by flexible coupling members is provided. Each of the rails include a base portion supporting a tread surface and a pair of parallel side members connected to the sides of the base portion. Each of the side members defines a passageway. The coupling members are flexible, resilient, and each including a web with longitudinal side margins. Each web has connected to each side margin an arrangement for engaging the passageway of a side member. When the floor mat is disposed on a flat, horizontal floor, the web is at bottommost position in the floor mat.

Abstract: A floor mat (10) is provided which includes longitudinal rail sections (e.g., 16, 17) capable of being interconnected with other longitudinal rails to form a roll up floor mat or pedestrian walking surface. The rails include a plastic cushion layer (21) which can be coextruded onto the upwardly facing surface of an underlying rigid plastic rail core (8), with the cushion layer being softer than the rail core and forming an integral walking surface thereon. At least one living hinge (23) may be employed within the rail section for pivotal movement of the rail, allowing the floor mat to be rolled up.

Abstract: This invention relates to insert strips for a floor covering structure for public walking areas such as in foyers of commercial buildings. The floor structure is made up of connected longitudinal sections, each section having a central longitudinal channel, a raised removable strip being disposed into each channel, to provide a walking surface and the strip having a relatively friction free underlying surface for an easy insertion into a channel and the same being arranged to be retained in the channel.

Abstract: A connecting structure of floor mat sections particularly adapted for public foyer walking areas, the connecting sections being formed to be unitary of plastic material, certain of said sections having terminal portions at each side thereof having axial bores therein coextensive therewith, said bores having slots therethrough at the outer side thereof and alternate of said sections having terminal portions at each side thereof having outwardly extending web portions having outer edges adapted to be received and retained within an adjacent of said bores for interconnection of said sections, said webs having medial thickness such as to pass through said slots, said sections having tread surfaces and underlying support surfaces, said surfaces being reversible.

Abstract: A connecting structure for sections of floor coverings such as of floor covering use in public walking areas, the connecting structure having longitudinal transversely spaced upstanding T members adapted to be retained in accomodating side vertical openings of the adjacent edge portions of floor covering sections for connection of the sections and being sufficiently flexible to bend along a longitudinal axis for a roll up of adjacent sections.

Abstract: A floor covering for public areas such as foyers in public buildings, each section of the floor covering being substantially rectangular in plan of a fairly narrow width, having a flexible projecting tongue along one side thereof, said tongue extending to underlie at least a portion of said sections and having the other side thereof adapted to receive and non-rotatively retain the projected tongue of an adjacent such section whereby like sections interconnect to form a floor covering, the tongues being sufficiently flexible to permit the connected sections to be rolled up.

Abstract: This invention relates to a glazing or insulating bead useable particularly with large commercial type glass building walls wherein the building wall frame structure embodies window frames, each frame has channels to receive a window pane, each channel has a pair of small opposed facing longitudinal sockets at its entrance and the glazing bead herein is particularly adapted to be non-stretchable in being disposed into one of the sockets either by being pulled thereinto or may be pushed laterally thereinto, in either instance, the glazing bead is particularly adapted not to be dislodged by the subsequent installation of a window pane.

Abstract: A floor covering, as for indoor public walking areas, being made up of sections, each section being substantially rectangular in plan, having a fairly narrow width and being disposed in closely spaced parallel relationship. Coupling members not unlike double hinges connect adjacent sides of the sections, the coupling members being particularly arranged to permit a compact rollup of the sections for cleaning purposes.

Abstract: A well screen formed of an extruded wedge shaped plastic strip wound about cylindrically disposed supporting rods in which the flexible strip is extruded of dual durometer dissimilar materials in the form of a unitary strip having complementary characteristics in which one body portion is formed of a suitable substantially rigid plastic material and another body portion is formed of a plastic material which has relatively greater strength characteristics whereby in the event of cracking of one of the portions, the strip is held together in a useable condition by the other body portion and a coating of abrasive resistant material is extruded unitarily with the strip to form an outer surface portion having substantial resistance to wear.

Abstract: A floor covering, as for indoor public walking areas, being made up of sections, each section being substantially rectangular in plan, having a fairly narrow width and being disposed in closely spaced parallel relationship. Coupling members not unlike double hinges connect adjacent sides of the sections, the coupling members being particularly arranged to permit a compact rollup of the sections for cleaning purposes.