Patent ID: 8728260

Claim:
A process for installing a laminated surface covering on a substrate, comprising: installing a plurality of laminated surface tiles on the substrate and interlocking the laminated surface tiles to form a two dimensional laminated surface covering on the substrate, wherein the laminated surface covering comprises: a plurality of laminated surface tiles shaped from a laminated surface covering including a base surface, an adhesive, and a face surface, wherein the plurality of laminated surface tiles include edge surfaces with protrusion portions and cavity portions, and the protrusion portions are interlocked with the cavity portions between different laminated surface tiles, wherein the base surface of the laminated surface covering comprises a layer of a backing material and the face surface of the laminated surface covering comprises a layer of a facing material, and the adhesive bonds the facing material directly to the backing material; and wherein the backing material comprises a rubber component; wherein the substrate comprises a substantially horizontal surface having a plurality of non-horizontal borders; and wherein the laminated surface tiles are installed on the substrate without fixing the laminated surface tiles to the horizontal surface of the substrate.