Patent ID: 8646242
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: E04F

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a modular floor, comprising: providing a first interlocking tile comprising at least one interlocking protrusion having a spherical shaped interlocking portion; providing a second interlocking tile comprising at least one interlocking recess having a spherical shaped pocket portion and a recessed stop surface; inserting the spherical shaped interlocking portion of the at least one interlocking protrusion of the first interlocking tile vertically into the spherical shaped pocket portion of the at least one interlocking recess of the second interlocking tile to connect the first interlocking tile to the second interlocking tile; wherein an interface between the spherical shaped pocket portion and the spherical shaped interlocking portion allows the first and second interlocking tiles to pivot relative to each other, and wherein the recessed stop surface limits relative vertical rotation between the first and second interlocking tiles.