Modular flooring device

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Description

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first side of the modular flooring device;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a second side of the modular flooring device;

FIG. 3 is a detail plan view of a corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a detail plan view of a corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a detail plan view of a different corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a detail plan view of a different corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a detail elevation view of FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a first half of the modular flooring device shown in FIG. 1, but unassembled from a second half shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the first half shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a plan view of the reverse side of the first half shown in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the first half shown in FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the second half of the modular flooring device shown in FIG. 2, but unassembled from the first half shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 14 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the second half shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 15 is a plan view of the reverse side of the second half shown in FIG. 13;

FIG. 16 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the second half shown in FIG. 15;

FIG. 17 is a plan view showing three modular flooring devices from FIG. 1 partially overlapping and connected together in a position of use. Only one device is claimed; the additional occurrences are shown in solid lines for clarity of illustration;

FIG. 18 is a detail perspective view of FIG. 17 where the three modular flooring devices come together, showing an exploded view of a fastener and receiver of a modular flooring device for ease of illustration. The orientation of this detail view has been rotated counter-clockwise slightly from what is shown in FIG. 17;

FIG. 19 is a further detail perspective view of FIG. 18, shown from the second side and further rotated counter-clockwise;

FIG. 20 is a plan view of a detail of the modular flooring device of FIG. 17, shown from the first side and in an unlocked position;

FIG. 21 is a plan view of the detail of FIG. 20, shown from the second side;

FIG. 22 is a plan view of a detail of FIG. 20, shown from the first side and in a locked position; and,

FIG. 23 is a plan view of the detail of FIG. 22, shown from the second side.

Claims

The ornamental design of a modular flooring device, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D832468
Type: Grant
Filed: Oct 20, 2015
Date of Patent: Oct 30, 2018
Assignee: Signature Systems Group, LLC (Flower Mound, TX)
Inventors: Chad H. Jones (Frisco, TX), Andrew Sneeringer (St. Cloud, FL), Andrew Wolff (Livonia, MI), Daniel Himes (Shelby, MI), Bart Berghuis (Rockledge, FL)
Primary Examiner: Vy N Koenig
Assistant Examiner: Kimberly Barnes
Application Number: 29/543,029
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