Flooring system having complementary sub-panels

Details Flooring system having complementary sub-panels Flooring system having complementary sub-panels

2003-01-28

2010-11-23

McPartlin, Sarah B (Department: 3636)

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Ornamental: color, thickness variation, or dissimilar...

Facer formed to simulate multiple units

C052S539000, C052S592100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07836648

ABSTRACT:
Laminated flooring panels include decorative motifs, mechanically embossed-in-registration surface textures, recessed perimeters, and locking mechanisms. The locking mechanisms facilitate the alignment of adjacent flooring panels. Adjacent flooring panels substantially aligned allow embossed-in-registration patterns to be substantially continuous across adjacent flooring panels. The recessed perimeter prevents the edges of the flooring panel from prematurely wearing. Individual flooring panels within the flooring system may comprise at least one partial sub-panel having a decorative motif and/or embossed surface texture that is complementary with a decorative motif and/or embossed surface texture of a neighboring partial sub-panel.

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