Patent ID: 7832165
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A subfloor assembly for supporting a floor on a substrate, the subfloor assembly comprising: a plurality of lower subfloor panels resiliently disposed over the substrate; a plurality of upper subfloor panels disposed over the plurality of lower subfloor panels, wherein at least one pocket is formed within an interior of each of the plurality of upper subfloor panels whereby the pocket has sides that are defined only by a respective one of the plurality of upper subfloor panels in which the pocket is formed and wherein the pocket of each of the plurality of upper subfloor panels is disposed over a void that is formed between at least two adjacent ones of the plurality of lower subfloor panels such that a portion of a shoulder of at least one of the two adjacent ones of the plurality of lower subfloor panels is exposed under the pocket; and an anchor positioned in each pocket attached to the substrate and engaging a surface of the portion of the shoulder of the at least one of the two adjacent ones of the plurality of lower subfloor panels that is exposed under the pocket to thereby limit resilient upward movement of the subfloor assembly.