Patents Assigned to Standard Plywoods, Incorporated
  • Patent number: 5797237
    Abstract: A snap-together flooring system which fixes adjacent flooring members from lateral movement with respect to one another. A first flooring member includes a channel having a downwardly extending barb. A second flooring member includes an outwardly extending tongue having a groove defined therein. The first and second flooring members are snapped together by moving the tongue into the channel, which causes the barb to ride upwardly on an inclined face of the tongue in an elastic manner, and to ultimately snap downwardly into place within the groove of the tongue. The engagement of the barb in the groove of the tongue prevents laterally removal of the tongue from the channel, and thus holds the adjacent flooring members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Assignee: Standard Plywoods, Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald R. Finkell, Jr.
  • Patent number: D406360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Standard Plywoods, Incorporated
    Inventor: Donald Richerson Finkell, Jr.