Profiled element for terraces and balconies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10501946-B2
Application number	US-201816054712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2018
Priority date	Aug 22, 2017
Publication date	Dec 10, 2019
Grant date	Dec 10, 2019

Abstract

A profiled element for terraces and balconies includes a substantially flat wing for anchoring the profiled element to the floor, a front portion for protecting an outer edge of a floor paving and protruding outward with respect thereto, and a drip lip which is constituted by a contoured element that extends downward from the wing, in a region to be arranged at an edge of a terrace. The drip lip includes at a lower end, at least one first protrusion and at least one second protrusion, the second protrusion being disposed lower than the first protrusion, and both protruding outward with respect to the front portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A profiled element for terraces and balconies comprising a substantially flat wing for anchoring the profiled element to the floor, a front portion for protecting an outer edge of a floor paving and protruding outward with respect thereto, a drip lip which is constituted by a contoured element that extends downward from said flat wing, in a region to be arranged at an edge of a terrace, wherein said drip lip comprises, at a lower end, at least one first protrusion and at least one second protrusion, said at least one second protrusion being lower than the first protrusion, both first and second protrusions protruding outward with respect to said front portion, and a connector for connecting the profiled element to a similar profiled element being provided, said connector being associated, by snap action with a pair of profiled elements, between the first and second protrusions at one end and being anchored to a tooth at a front portion of said profiled elements.

2. The profiled element according to claim 1 , wherein said second protrusion protrudes further outward than said first protrusion.

3. The profiled element according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one spacer configured for spacing said front portion from the edge of the terrace, said at least one spacer includes a tab that protrudes from the rear of said drip lip and is configured to rest with its free end on said edge of the terrace.

4. The profiled element according to claim 1 , wherein said front portion has a cross-section that is substantially T-shaped rotated by 90°, comprising a central connection to said flat wing and a screen, substantially on a vertical plane of arrangement, with an upper portion and a lower portion, and having a plurality of dovetail incisions defined on an inner side of said upper portion.

5. The profiled element according to claim 4 , wherein said lower portion has, at a lower end, said tooth directed inward for anchoring said connector for connecting said profiled element to a similar profiled element.

6. The profiled element according to claim 4 , wherein said central connection is inclined downward and is provided with a plurality of water drainage openings.

7. The profiled element according to claim 1 , wherein said second protrusion has an inclination with respect to a horizontal plane comprised between 20° and 65°.

8. The profiled element according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second protrusions include two cusps.

9. The profiled element according to claim 1 , wherein said first and second protrusions include two tabs.

Assignees

• Progress Profiles Spa

Inventors

• Bordin Dennis

Classifications

• E04D13/15

  Trimming strips; Edge strips; Fascias; {Expansion joints for roofs (wall copings E04D3/405; drainage borders E04D13/0459; joints in general E04B1/68)} · CPC title

• E04D13/158

  covering the overhang at the eave side, e.g. soffits, or the verge of saddle roofs · CPC title

• E04D13/0431 Primary

  with horizontal evacuation over the border of the roof · CPC title

• E04F15/02183

  for outdoor use, e.g. in decks, patios, terraces, verandas or the like · CPC title

• E04D2013/0468

  Drip edges · CPC title