US 2025/0019974 A1Published application

Versatile Modular Flooring Device and System

AssigneeSignature Systems Group, LLC

InventorsKamal Fouad, Benjamin Hardy, James Seeger

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Abstract

A modular flooring system is disclosed to accommodate non-planar configurations of modular floor mats. Modular mats each have a main central portion and overhanging and underhanging flanges extending therefrom. The outer surfaces of the mats have treads formed thereon, which may be of different grades, such as industrial or pedestrian grade. Each flange contains a plurality of bores, each comprising a recess at opposing mat surfaces connected by a central portion. The recess depth at one mat surface differs from the recess depth at the opposing surface, creating an offset spacing to account for surface tread regardless of mat overlay and configuration. A fastener, having a head and opposite foot, is inserted through aligned bores in adjacent mats and rotated to lock or unlock mats in each configuration. The modular flooring system provides increased utility through enabling planar, stacked, and stepped configurations of the system.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A modular mat comprising:

a first surface on one side and an opposite second surface, at least one of said first and second surfaces having tread extending therefrom by a height t;
at least one bore formed in and extending through said mat from said first surface to said second surface, said at least one bore being correspondingly configured to accommodate a fastener therein and having a first recess at said first surface, a second recess at said second surface, and a central portion connecting said first and second recesses;
wherein each of said first surface and said first recess are one of:
(i) said first surface having said tread extending therefrom and said first recess being a tread surface recess having a height of tr, and (ii) said first surface being substantially planar and said first recess being a planar surface recess having a height of nr;
wherein each of said second surface and said second recess are one of:
(iii) said second surface having said tread extending therefrom and said second recess being a tread surface recess having a height of tr, and (iv) said second surface being substantially planar and said second recess being a planar surface recess having a height of nr;
and
wherein nr is greater than tr.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/767,950Filed 9 Jul 2024
Priority: 10 Jul 2023
Published: 16 Jan 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

E04F 15/02044
Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements: separate elements for fastening to an underlayer
E04F 15/02005
Flooring or floor layers composed of a number of similar elements: construction of joints, e.g. dividing strips
E04F 2015/0205
Separate elements for fastening to an underlayer: with load-supporting elongated furring elements between the flooring elements and the underlayer
E04F 2201/023
Non-undercut connections, e.g. tongue and groove connections: with a continuous tongue or groove