Patent ID: 7856780
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: B44C,B44F,E04F

Abstract:
1. Flooring comprised of rectangular panels having long sides, narrow ends and top surfaces formed by panel patterns including lines and different colored areas comprising: (a) a plurality of said panels to be installed in adjacent relationship to form a floor covering, each of said panel patterns including pattern end portions at said narrow ends extending to a pattern central portion disposed along said long sides, said pattern end portions being visually identical and including panel transition indicia for panel alignment at all narrow ends, said pattern central portions including visually different indicia so that different panels have visually different top surfaces, (b) said transition indicia including a plurality of said lines extending to said narrow ends of said panels for alignment with transition indicia of an abutting narrow panel end, (c) upon alignment of said panels, said plurality of lines having a continuous appearance extending between the abutting narrow ends to thereby merge said panel patterns into one another without offset of the transition from one panel to another adjacent panel, and (d) said plurality of panels having said narrow ends in abutting relationship and said long sides in abutting relationship to provide said flooring and said floor covering, wherein said transition indicia plurality of lines includes spaced pairs of lines parallel to said long sides of said panel, and whereby when said narrow end of any of a first panel abuts said narrow end of any of a second panel in the flooring, said transition indicia align to form continuous lines throughout the length of said flooring.