Prefabricated floor panel, construction and method therefor
AssigneeLwc Research Pty Ltd
InventorTrevor JONES
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Abstract
There is provided a prefabricated floor panel (101) for use with a supporting structure (103) including a floor member (105) the floor member (105) defining a floor surface (107) and being adapted to engage with an adjacent similar floor panel (101) and at least one or more strengthening beams (109) configured to engage with the supporting structure (103) in use to support the prefabricated floor panel (101).
Claims18
1-33. (canceled)
A flooring system that comprises:
- a support structure including:
- two support beams, each support beam having a supporting formation;
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- a prefabricated floor panel, that is moulded from a settable material, arranged on the support structure and including:
- a floor member, the floor member having an upper major face, in the form of a floor surface, and a lower major face;
- one or more strengthening beams disposed on the lower major face of the floor member;
- a first overlapping formation that is adapted to engage with an adjacent floor panel such that the floor member is seated on top of a strengthening beam of a floor member of the adjacent floor panel, the floor member being adapted so that the floor surface is flush with the floor surface of the adjacent floor panel;
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- two second overlapping formations at respective opposite ends of the floor panels, the second overlapping formations being substantially perpendicular to the one or more strengthening beams and being supported, respectively, by the supporting formations of the support beams.
A prefabricated floor panel for use with a flooring system, the flooring system including a support structure, which includes two support beams, each support beam having a supporting formation, the prefabricated floor panel being moulded from a settable material and comprising:
- a floor member, the floor member having an upper major face, in the form of a floor surface, and a lower major face;
- one or more strengthening beams disposed on the lower major face of the floor member;
- a first overlapping formation that is adapted to engage with an adjacent floor panel such that the floor member is seated on top of a strengthening beam of the adjacent floor member, the floor member being adapted so that the floor surface is flush with the floor surface of the adjacent floor panel;
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- two second overlapping formations at respective ends of the floor panels, the overlapping formations being substantially perpendicular to the at least one or more strengthening beams, and being supported, respectively, in use, by the supporting formations of the support beams.
A method of constructing a flooring system that comprises a support structure including two support beams that each have a supporting formation, and a prefabricated floor panel that is moulded from a settable material arranged on the support structure, the floor panel including a floor member that has an upper major face, in the form of a floor surface, and a lower major face, with one or more strengthening beams disposed on the lower major face, the floor panel including a first overlapping formation that is adapted to engage with an adjacent floor panel such that the floor member is seated on top of a strengthening beam of a floor member of the adjacent floor panel, the floor member being adapted so that the floor surface is flush with the floor surface of the adjacent floor panel, and including two second overlapping formations at respective opposite ends of the floor panels, the second overlapping formations being substantially perpendicular to the at least one or more strengthening beams and being supported, respectively, by the supporting formations of the support beams, the method comprising the step of:
- supporting a plurality of the prefabricated floor panels on the supporting formations of the two support beams so that the floor member of one floor panel is seated on top of a strengthening beam of the adjacent floor panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.