EE01623U1 - Floor module - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention deals with the floor module 1, which contains a rectangular base frame and a board 3 on it. The base frame contains two lateral longitudinal supports 4 and end supports 5 connecting them. Several transverse supports 6 are placed between the end supports 5 perpendicular to the longitudinal supports 4. The board 3 attached to the base frame extends to the edges of the end supports 5 in the longitudinal direction of the base frame. The end supports 5 and longitudinal supports 4 of the base frame have holes 7 for the pins 8. In terms of width, the distance of the outer planks from the edge of the base frame is half the width of the gap between the two planks.

Description

 TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention belongs to the field of floor modules, more specifically, the invention relates to a floor module for making modular flooring, for example for terraces, balconies, garages and outdoor areas.

STATE OF THE ART

Several floor modules made of wood or composite material are known from the prior art, which are used to manufacture modular floors of various sizes, for example, for terraces, balconies, outdoor areas, etc.

To build a modular floor from such ready-made floor modules, a stable base is required, which can be, for example, a concrete base. Making a concrete base is expensive and often impractical or impossible due to the location of the modular floor. A substructure made of wooden beams can also be used as a base. The above-mentioned floor modules must be installed on tightly installed beams or joists to ensure floor stability and prevent later deflection. All of this, in turn, makes the total cost of manufacturing a modular floor expensive and the installation more complicated and time-consuming.

Also known from the prior art are floor modules, the manufacture of which uses so-called Euro pallets. Such floor modules are mainly manufactured at the location of the floor construction, and their manufacture requires specific skills, the availability of various tools and their handling skills. The manufacture of said floor modules is cumbersome, laborious and extremely time-consuming. Also, the floor made of floor modules in this way may not remain uniform, sufficiently stable and aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

A solution closer to the state of the art can be considered the solution known from Japanese patent application JP2001026981A (published 30.01.2001), which describes a terrace formed from square floor modules. In this solution, the board of the square floor module, when viewed from above, is attached to two side supports and a central support located between them. The floor module is attached to the support frame.

mile, which includes a support post for each corner of the floor module, to which the floor modules are attached in the described approximation.

The closest solution known from the state of the art can be considered a floor module known from the United Kingdom patent application GB2386620A (published 24.09.2003), which includes a rectangular base frame and a board thereon. The base frame has two lateral longitudinal supports and end supports connecting them, and between the end supports there are several transverse supports perpendicular to the longitudinal supports. The board attached to the base frame extends to the edges of the end supports in the longitudinal direction of the base frame, and the end supports and longitudinal supports of the base frame have holes for pins.

A disadvantage of the aforementioned solutions is that the base frame of the floor modules known from this solution is not self-supporting, but the floor module must be supported at each corner by a support post.

ESSENCE OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the present invention is to provide a floor module that allows for the creation of easily adaptable modular floors, where the floor modules are easy to assemble and disassemble, the construction of which does not require specific skills or specific tools, which are weather resistant and require minimal maintenance. Such floor modules are also portable, their transport and storage are easy. The floor module provided by the invention can be used, for example, for the construction of balconies, terraces, garages and temporary outdoor areas.

The present invention provides a floor module comprising a rectangular base frame and a board thereon. The perimeter of the floor module is defined by the rectangular base frame. The base frame of the floor module comprises two lateral (extreme) longitudinal supports and end supports connecting them. Transverse supports are arranged between the end supports perpendicular to the longitudinal supports. The board attached to the base frame of the floor module extends to the edges of the end supports in the longitudinal direction of the base frame. The end supports and longitudinal supports of the base frame of the floor module have openings for pins used for aligning and fixing the floor modules. Preferably, the diameter of the pins at one end is larger than the diameter of the pin at the other end, with the larger diameter of the pin being selected such that the pin fits snugly into the opening and remains in place there.

However, pins with the same diameter throughout the entire length can also be used in the invention.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the planks are arranged on the base frame of the floor module with gaps. In terms of width, the distance between the extreme planks of the planks from the edge of the base frame is half the width of the gap between two planks. In this configuration, the gap between the extreme planks of two adjacent floor modules is the same as that between the remaining planks of the floor modules.

5 The base frame and the plank of the floor module according to the invention are made of thermotreated wood in a preferred embodiment of the invention, but they can also be made of impregnated wood or a composite material.

In the case of the floor module according to the invention, the ratio of the width to the length of the floor module is an integer multiple, e.g. 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, etc.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the ratio of the length to the width of the floor module is 1:2,

In other embodiments of the invention, the ratio of the length to the width of the floor module is 1:3 or 1:4.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a floor module according to the invention in a perspective view from above;

Figure 2 shows a floor module according to the invention in a perspective view from below;

Figure 3 shows a top view of a floor module;

Figure 4 shows a bottom view of the floor module;

Figure 5 shows an end view of the floor module;

Figure 6 shows a side view of a floor module;

Figure 7 shows a perspective view of the length, width and height of the floor module and the arrangement of the openings;

Figures 8 to 14 show a plan view of a floor covering according to an embodiment of the invention.

25 L-shaped floor construction from modules;

Figure 15 shows a bottom view of the L-shaped floor corresponding to Figures 8 to 14;

Figure 16 shows how to attach the floor module to the base supports with screws.

and placing pins in the holes;

Figure 17 shows the connection of two adjacent floor modules with a screw;

Figure 18 shows a pin with two parts of different diameters,

EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION

For the sake of clarity, the same details and elements in the drawings are designated by the same reference numbers.

Figure 1 shows a top view of a floor module 1 according to the invention. Said floor module 1 comprises a rectangular base frame and a board 3 thereon, where the base frame of the floor module 1 defines the perimeter of the floor module 1 with a length P, a width L and a height H, which is shown in Figure 7.

The dimensions P, L and H of the floor module shown in the figures are, for example, 2000 x 1000 x 144 mm, respectively. These dimensions are exemplary and only characterize a specific embodiment. In the case of the floor module according to the invention, it is important that the ratio of the width L to the length P is an integer multiple, e.g. 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, etc.

Figure 2 shows a bottom view of the floor module 1 according to the invention, showing a base frame that includes two extreme longitudinal supports 4 and end supports 5 connecting them, and transverse supports 6 located between the end supports 5 perpendicular to the longitudinal supports 4. A board 3 (shown in Figures 3 and 4) is attached to the base frame of the floor module 1, which extends to the edges of the end supports 5 in the longitudinal direction of the base frame.

The end supports 5 and longitudinal supports 4 of the base frame of the floor module 1 have openings 7 for pins 8. The boards 3 of the floor module 1 are placed on the base frame at intervals V, and in terms of width, the distance of the outermost boards of the board from the edge of the base frame 2 is half the width of the gap between the two boards, or V/2, as shown in Figure 5.

In the end support 5, the opening 7 is located in the middle of the end support 5, i.e. at a distance of L/2 from the edge of the floor module 1 (Figure 7). The openings 7 are also located at a distance of L/2 from the edge of the longitudinal support 4. This allows one floor module 1 to be placed perpendicularly to the other in such a way that the edge of the end support 5 of one floor module 1 is in line with the edge of the longitudinal support 4 of the other floor module 1 and the corresponding openings 7 in the longitudinal support 4 and the end support 5 are aligned.

The floor modules 1 are aligned and fixed using the method shown in Figure 18.

pins 8 shown, where one end of the pin has a larger diameter D and the other end of the pin has a smaller diameter d, whereby the larger pin diameter D is selected in such a way that the pin 8 fits tightly into the openings 7 in the longitudinal supports 4 or end supports 5 of the floor module 1 and remains in place there. The end of the pin with a smaller diameter d, due to the resulting clearance between the opening 7 and the end of the pin with a smaller diameter d, allows for compensation of positional deviations due to inaccuracy of the base supports or the base surface, and the floor modules 1 can be easily placed and fixed in place using the pins 8.

To build a floor larger than the floor module 1 according to the invention, the first floor module 1 is attached to the base 9 with fastening means, for example screws, as shown in Figure 16. Then, the pins 8 are placed in the holes 7 in the base frame of the floor module 1.

To align and fix the next floor module 1, the floor module 1 is placed on the free ends of the pins 8 in the openings 7 and the floor module 1 is pushed against the previously fixed floor module. After connecting the floor modules to each other using the pins 8, the second floor module is fixed to the first floor module with fastening means and also to the base 9 on one side.

According to one embodiment of the invention, for example, the diameter of the holes 7 on the sides of the base frame of the floor module is 10 mm and the diameter D of the pin 8 at the thicker end of the pin is also 10 mm. The diameter d of the pin at the thinner end of the pin is 8 mm. The parts of the pin with diameters d and D are preferably of the same length T, see Figure 18.

The openings 7 in the longitudinal supports 4 and end supports 5 of the floor modules 1 are all of the same diameter.

In the invention, the ratio of the length P and the width L of the floor module 1 is an integer multiple, i.e. in this case it is 1:2, as shown in Figure 7. The openings 7 are located in the middle of the end supports 5. The openings 7 in the longitudinal supports 4 are located at the same distance L/2 from the end of the floor module 1 as the opening 7 in the end support 5 is located from the side of the floor module, i.e. from the outer side of the longitudinal support 4. Since the length P of the floor module in Figure 7 is an integer multiple of the width L of the floor module, the distance between two consecutive openings 7 in the longitudinal support 4 is L, i.e. corresponds to the width of the floor module. This ensures that when one floor module is placed with its end against another floor module so that the end of one floor module is flush with the side of the other floor module, the opening at the end of the corresponding floor module is located in line with the corresponding opening on the side of the other floor module.

The floor modules according to the invention can be connected to each other both by connecting the longitudinal supports 4 of the floor module to each other and by connecting the end supports 5 to each other, and the end supports 5 of different floor modules can also be connected to the longitudinal supports 4.

To demonstrate the industrial applicability of the floor module according to the invention, Figures 8 to 14 show a top view of the assembly of an L-shaped floor from floor modules according to one embodiment of the invention.

To begin with, the floor module 1 is installed on the base supports 9, as shown in Figure 8, and is secured to the base supports 9 with fastening means, for example screws, see Figure 16.

Then, the larger diameter end D of the pins 8 is installed in the holes 7 in the longitudinal support 4 of the floor module, as shown in Figures 16 and 17, and the following floor modules are aligned and fixed to the previous ones and to the base supports 9, as shown in Figures 9 and 10.

In the next step, the next base supports 9 are installed and the floor laying is continued by attaching the floor modules to the installed base supports 9, whereby the end supports 5 of the installed floor module are connected to the longitudinal supports 4 of the additional floor modules, as shown in Figures 12, 13 and 14, in the manner described above.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1 floor module

3 boards

4 longitudinal supports

5 end supports

6 crossbars

7 holes

8 pins

9 supports

P floor module length

L floor module width

V floor module board spacing

H floor module height

Length of the same diameter part of the T pin

Claims (8)

1. A floor module (1) comprising a rectangular base frame and a board (3) thereon, the base frame having two lateral longitudinal supports (4) and end supports (5) connecting them, and between the end supports (5) there are several transverse supports (6) perpendicular to the longitudinal supports (4), where the board (3) attached to the base frame extends to the edges of the end supports (5) in the longitudinal direction of the base frame, and the end supports (5) and longitudinal supports (4) of the base frame have openings (7) for pins (8), which is characterized in that the board (3) is arranged on the base frame with gaps (V) and in the width direction the distance of the extreme boards of the board from the edge of the base frame is half (V/2) of the width of the gap between the two boards of the board. 2. Floor module (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that both the base frame of the floor module (1) and the board (3) are made of thermotreated wood. 3. Floor module (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that both the base frame of the floor module (1) and the board (3) are made of impregnated wood. 4. A floor module (1) according to any preceding claim, characterized in that the ratio of the length (P) to the width (L) of the floor module (1) is 1:2. 5. A floor module (1) according to any one of the preceding claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the ratio of the length (P) to the width (L) of the floor module (1) is 1:3. 6. Floor module (1) according to any one of the preceding claims to 3, characterized in that the ratio of the length (P) to the width (L) of the floor module (1) is 1:4. 7. Floor module (1) according to any one of the preceding claims to 3, characterized in that the ratio of the length (P) to the width (L) of the floor module (1) is 1:5. 8. Floor module (1) according to the preceding claim 4, characterized in that the dimensions of the floor module are 2000 x 1000 x 144 mm.