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Transitional flooring trowel and method

Transitional flooring trowel and method description/claims

This invention relates to trowels, more particularly, a trowel that permits a person to quickly and easily create a ramp to transition a first flooring material to a second flooring material.

When installing a new flooring material within a home or business, a difference in height occurs between the pre-existing flooring material and the new flooring material. For instance, oftentimes when a person installs carpet in one room but keeps tile in an adjacent room, a great height differential between the new carpet and the old tile occurs. Usually the pre-existing and new flooring come together within a doorway; however, they may also meet together along an imaginary line that defines one room from another. In order to reduce the number of accidents and increase the aesthetic appeal of the pre-existing to new flooring match up, various devices and methods are used so as to smoothly transition the floor of lesser height to the floor of greater height.

For instance, rubber ramps are commonly used to increase the height of an existing floor so as to smoothly transition the floor height of a pre-existing flooring to a newly installed flooring, such as tile, marble, carpet, etc. However, the costs associated with using rubber ramps can be high.

An alternative method commonly used in the industry is to smoothly transition the height of the pre-existing floor to the height of a new floor by utilizing floor patch or cement to increase the height of the old floor. Although the use of floor patch or cement is less expensive than nibber ramps, more time is required to properly create the ramp as it must be level and comply with predetermined building codes for ramp slopes. Thus, although the cost of supplies to create a ramp by utilizing floor patch or cement is less than that of rubber ramps, a greater amount of money is spent on labor to create the ramp. In addition, if the transitional ramp is constructed without using a pre-sized rubber ramp, oftentimes there is lack of uniformity between transitional ramps within a home or building due to human error.

Thus, a need exists for a transitional flooring trowel that permits a person to quickly and easily create transitional flooring ramps that are level, correspond to applicable building codes and are uniform.

The relevant prior art includes the following references:

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