Patent ID: 8782990

Claim:
A component of a flooring system comprising: (A) a flooring component, (B) an adhesive, (C) a tray substrate comprising: (i) a tray substrate surface which is an upward facing horizontal surface having a tray substrate surface perimeter, (ii) a tray substrate bottom with a padding attached to the tray substrate bottom, (iii) a plurality of tray substrate vertical tray edges which protrude upward and extend along the entire tray substrate surface perimeter, (iv) a plurality of tray substrate edges defining an outside perimeter of the tray substrate, each tray substrate edge of the plurality of tray substrate edges having a plurality of upward tabs comprising a convex surface and a valley and a plurality of downward tabs comprising a concave surface and a lip wherein a portion of the surface of the plurality of downward tabs is recessed under the upward facing horizontal tray surface and wherein a portion of the lip lies directly under one of the plurality of tray substrate vertical tray edges, and (v) said flooring component is adhered to the tray substrate surface with the adhesive.