Floor tile with load bearing lattice
AssigneeConnor Sport Court International, Inc.
InventorsRonald Yokubison, Troy D. Mohr, Thayne Haney, David F. Smith
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Abstract
A floor tile for use in a flooring system comprises an upper surface operable for use as a portion of a flooring installation and a support lattice operable to support the upper surface. The support lattice includes a plurality of support members extending downwardly from an underside of the upper surface and terminating in lower sections collectively defining a subfloor contact profile and a plurality of interconnecting members laterally interconnecting two or more of the support members. At least some of the plurality of support members extend downwardly at an oblique angle to the upper surface.
Claims26
A resilient floor tile for use in a flooring system, comprising:
- an upper surface;
- and
- a support lattice operable to resiliently support the upper surface, the support lattice including:
- a plurality of support members extending downwardly from an underside of the upper surface and terminating in lower sections;
- and
- a plurality of interconnecting members laterally interconnecting the lower sections of at least two support members and collectively defining a subfloor contact profile,
- wherein at least two of the interconnecting members define alternating arcuate concave and convex support members.
A resilient floor tile for use in a flooring system, comprising:
- an upper surface;
- a support lattice configured to resiliently support the upper surface, the support lattice including:
- a plurality of rails extending longitudinally and downwardly from an underside of the upper surface and terminating in lower sections;
- a plurality of interconnecting members laterally interconnecting the lower sections of at least two rails to collectively define a subfloor contact profile wherein at least two of the interconnecting members define alternating arcuate concave and convex support members;
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- at least one section of engagement material carried by a lowermost section of the plurality of interconnecting members, the engagement material being formed of a material relatively more pliable than the subfloor contact profile.
A resilient floor tile for use in a flooring system, comprising:
- an upper surface;
- and
- a support lattice resiliently supporting the upper surface, the support lattice including:
- a plurality of rails extending longitudinally along an underside of the upper surface and defining a plurality of open spaces therebetween, the plurality of rails extending downwardly from the underside of the upper surface and terminating in lower sections;
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- a plurality of interconnecting members laterally interconnecting the lower sections of two or more of the rails and at least partially enclosing the open spaces defined therebetween to form a plurality of elongate openings having a deformable quadrilateral geometry, and to collectively define a subfloor contact profile,
- wherein the elongate deformable openings allow at least some of the plurality of rails and interconnecting members to flex in response to a load applied to the upper surface;
- wherein at least two of the interconnecting members define alternating arcuate concave and convex support members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.