Patent ID: 8276343
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A modular floor comprising: a plurality of floor panels, each of which has a main body, a ridge formed at a side of the main body, an outer socket formed at an opposite side of the ridge relative to the ridge, a first lateral bottom portion formed below the ridge from the main body and having a flat side wall extending at an angle from a bottom surface of the main body and the ridge such that the first lateral bottom portion has a cross-section with a relatively wider upper part and a relatively narrower lower part, a second lateral bottom portion formed below the outer socket from the main body, a stepped portion formed at an external upper side of the second lateral bottom portion and abutted with a bottom of the outer socket, and a central bottom portion formed at a bottom side of the main body and protruding between the first and second lateral bottom portions; and a plurality of combination members, each of which has a base, a front retainer protruding upward from an outside edge of a lateral side of a top side of the base, a rear retainer protruding upward from an outside edge of an opposite lateral side of the top side of the base relative to the front retainer, a partition protruding upward from a midsection of the top side of the base, a fastening piece bending toward the rear retainer from the top side of the main body for engagement with the stepped portion, a first springy member mounted to the front retainer and facing a side of the front retainer, a second springy member mounted to the partition and facing a side of the front retainer, a first receiving portion formed between the front retainer and the partition and having a cross-section with a relatively wider part and a relatively narrower part for receiving the first lateral bottom portion, a second receiving portion formed between the rear retainer and the partition for receiving the second lateral bottom portion; and a third springy member mounted to the rear retainer and facing an opposite side of the partition relative to the first springy member, wherein a distance between the front retainer and the partition and a distance between the partition and the rear retainer on the top side of the main body are equal to one another, wherein the front retainer comprises a first inner socket to which the first springy member is mounted; the partition comprises a second inner socket to which the second springy member is mounted; the rear retainer comprises a third inner socket to which the third springy member is mounted; and wherein one of said combination members is engaged with two adjacent said floor panels in a way that the ridge of one of the two adjacent said floor panels is inserted into the outer socket of the other one of the two adjacent said floor panels such that a bottom of the ridge of the one of the two adjacent said floor panels presses on a top of the fastening piece of the one of said combination members to hold the one of said combination members and the two adjacent said floor panels tightly engaged in a way that a bottom surface of the base of the one of said combination members is substantially flush with bottom surfaces of the central bottom portions of the two adjacent said floor panels and the second springy member mounted to the partition directly abuts the flat side wall of the first lateral bottom portion.