Patent ID: 7748176

Claim:
A flooring system comprising a plurality of elongate members releasably attached together by co-operating male and female connector formations extending along side edges of adjacent members, upper surfaces of the members co-operating to provide a support surface, wherein the female connector formations comprise a channel having a base and two side walls opening to the upper surface for receiving the male connector formation, the male connector formation having a base and two side walls of complementary shape to the channel, wherein said two side walls of said male connector formation are relatively convergent from said base and said two side walls of said channel are relatively convergent from said base to define a mouth of reduced cross-section relative to said base of the male connector formation, a side wall of the channel is capable of elastically deflecting so that said base and two side walls of the male connector formation can be inserted into the channel through said mouth, and the side wall returning to its original position so that the male connector formation is retained in the channel by the co-operating complementary shape of the base and side walls of said connector formations.