Patent ID: 7546707
Filing Date: 2009-06-16
Classification: E04F,G03H

Abstract:
1. A portable floor having a plurality of connectable floor panels, each floor panel having a base layer that includes a top surface and a groove along each peripheral side of the base layer, each said floor panel further having about each of its four peripheral sides a framing element capable of connecting to a framing element of an adjacent floor panel, each framing element having an upper arm adapted to be slidably received within the respective groove, the improvement comprising: at least one of said floor panels further comprising a slidably removable sheeting layer having a top surface, and a slidably removable transparent top flooring layer; each framing element further comprises an elongated top lip portion vertically distant from the top surface of said base layer, said top lip portion extending horizontally across a portion of said base layer, the space between said top lip portion and said base layer defining a channel adapted for receiving a portion of said removable sheeting layer and a portion of said transparent top flooring layer; at least one of said floor panels having one of said framing elements capable of being temporarily detached for insertion or removal of said removable sheeting layer and said transparent top flooring layer; said removable sheeting layer sized to be substantially disposed upon the top surface of the base layer; and, said transparent top flooring layer substantially disposed upon the top surface of said removable sheeting layer.