Patent ID: 8104244

Claim:
A flooring, which comprises rectangular floor-boards for providing a patterned floating flooring, said floorboards comprising: first and second opposing long edges, and first and second connectors extend along the long edges for locking together one floorboard with a second floorboard, such that upper edge portions of said one floorboard and said second floorboard, in a joined state, together define a vertical plane, whereby said first connectors comprise an upwardly projecting locking element on one of the long edges cooperating with a locking groove on the other of the long edges of the second floorboard for locking together said floorboard and said second floorboard in a horizontal plane, perpendicular to said vertical plane, and whereby said second connectors comprise a tongue and a groove for locking together said floorboard and said second floorboard in a vertical direction, perpendicular to a main plane of said floorboards, wherein the floorboard further includes first and second opposing short edges, the short edges of said floorboards having a length not exceeding 10 cm, and the short edges having a locking system comprising a locking element for horizontally locking of said floorboards to another floorboard, and wherein one of the first and second short edges does not have any portion thereof extending past the vertical plane so as to enable the short edges to be joined by vertical folding.