Patent ID: 8146319

Claim:
A component of a flooring system comprising a flooring component adhered to a tray substrate with an adhesive, the tray substrate comprising a tray substrate surface which is an upward facing horizontal surface having a tray substrate surface perimeter, a tray substrate bottom with a padding attached to the tray substrate bottom, a plurality of tray substrate vertical tray edges which protrude upward from each side of the tray substrate surface perimeter, a plurality of tray substrate edges defining an outside perimeter of the tray substrate, each tray substrate edge having a plurality of upward tabs and each tray substrate edge having a plurality of downward tabs with a concave surface to interlock with upward tabs and downward tabs of a second tray substrate to form a modular floor, wherein the flooring component is smaller than the tray substrate surface and smaller than a tray surface defined by the tray substrate vertical edges.