Patent ID: 9016625
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B64C,B64F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A floorboard for a reconfigurable floorboard system, comprising: a plate comprising a plurality of sides; an interlocking feature formed proximate an edge of at least three sides of the plate for interlocking with adjacent floorboards, each interlocking feature being formed to interlock with a mating interlocking feature formed at an edge of a side of at least one adjacent floorboard; and a notch formed on an underside of the plate proximate each corner of the plate to contact a member of a floor grid to prevent movement of the floorboard, the notch comprising a single horizontal surface and a vertical surface, wherein the horizontal surface is flat without interruption over an extent of the notch from the vertical surface to an end of the horizontal surface opposite the vertical surface, the horizontal surface being chamfered at the end opposite the vertical surface toward a side edge of the plate, the vertical surface contacting a side of the member of the floor grid to prevent lateral movement of the floorboard and the horizontal surface contacting an upper surface of the member of the floor grid when placed on the floor grid.