Patent ID: 8596012
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A modular flooring system, comprising: panels, including a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel, each of the panels comprising: a walk face configured to form a part of a walk surface of the modular floor; a back face on a side of the panel opposite to the walk face; a first fixing side; a second fixing side transverse to the first fixing side; a third fixing side parallel to first fixing side; a fourth fixing side parallel to the second fixing side; a first fastening system comprising first and second hooking recesses arranged at or near the first fixing side, and first and second hooking brackets arranged at or near the third fixing side, the hooking recesses and the hooking brackets configured so that the hooking brackets of a first panel are mechanically engageable with corresponding hooking recesses of the second panel so as to keep the first fixing side of the first panel connected to the third fixing side of the second panel, thereby preventing relative displacement between the first panel and the second panel in a first direction; a second fastening system configured to fasten together the second fixing side of the first panel to the third panel, so as to prevent relative displacement between the first panel and the third panel at least along a second direction transverse to the first direction; the second fastening system comprising a hooking recess at or near the second fixing side, and a hooking bracket at or near the fourth fixing side, the hooking recess and the hooking bracket of the second fastening system configured such that the hooking bracket of the third panel is mechanically engageable with the corresponding hooking recess of the first panel so as to prevent relative displacement between the first panel and the third panel in the second direction; wherein each of the hooking brackets of the panels comprises a cantilevered tongue protruding out from a corresponding fixing side, the tongue comprising a bearing, the bearing having a cylindrical body with a cylindrical axis passing through centers of bases of the cylindrical body, the cylindrical body oriented with the cylindrical axis normal to the walk face.