Modular flooring device

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Description

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first side of a modular flooring device showing our new design;

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 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.

The broken lines in the Figures depict portions of the modular flooring device that form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

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

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Patent History
Patent number: D928993
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 19, 2018
Date of Patent: Aug 24, 2021
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: Kimberly Barnes
Application Number: 29/663,830
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