Patent ID: 8898982

Claim:
A modular floor panel comprising: a substantially planar floor surface; multiple footings coupled to and below the substantially planar floor surface, wherein each of the multiple footings comprises: a support coupled to and below the substantially planar floor surface; a deck coupled to and below the support, the support being offset relative to the deck and forming a tongue and a nook, the tongue overhanging the deck on a first side of the footing and the nook indenting into the deck on a second side of the footing opposite the tongue; a damping mechanism coupled to and below the deck and along a perimeter of the deck; multiple fasteners disposed along opposite edges of the deck and in an aperture defined between the substantially planar floor surface and the deck; a set of staggered planar fingers having three or more lengths and extending distally from the substantially planar floor surface in a staggered pattern; a half-footing coupled to and below the set of staggered planar fingers; each tongue extending distally from each of the footings in a direction perpendicular to the set of staggered planar fingers to mate with a complimentary nook of a footing of an adjacent modular floor panel; each nook indenting into each of the footings on a side opposite to the tongue to mate with a complimentary tongue of a footing of an adjacent modular floor panel; and the fasteners to couple each of the footings to a footing of an adjacent modular floor panel.