Abstract: The present technique relates to a floor system that includes panels designed to be joined to one another, with an adhesive coating and a sealant at each joint to facilitate assembly. The panels include mechanically interlocking portions that mate when the system is installed. Disposed on the interlocking portions is a coating adapted to cohesively bond upon contact with itself under ambient conditions and without external activation. The sealant protects the joint and prevents the ingress of moisture following installation. Advantageously, the cohesive bonding of the coating is delayed such that the bonding does not obstruct the installation of the floor panel.

Abstract: The present technique relates to a floor system that includes panels designed to be joined to one another, with an adhesive coating and a sealant at each joint to facilitate assembly. The panels include mechanically interlocking portions that mate when the system is installed. Disposed on the interlocking portions is a coating adapted to cohesively bond upon contact with itself under ambient conditions and without external activation. The sealant protects the joint and prevents the ingress of moisture following installation. Advantageously, the cohesive bonding of the coating is delayed such that the bonding does not obstruct the installation of the floor panel.

Abstract: A disengageable interconnecting floor system comprises two or more flooring panels, a connector and a sealant. Each flooring panel comprises a top wear surface and a bottom surface for contact with a support structure and at least two edges having identical recesses formed therein for receipt of an extension from a connector. The connector comprises a base and an extension extending vertically from the base. The extension is shaped to be received in a disengageable connected fashion into at least one recess of at least one panel. Sealant is disposed on the flooring panel, the connector, or both. The invention also includes flooring panels and sealants for use in a disengageable interconnecting floor system, and methods for sealing laminate flooring panels joined by connectors.