Patent ID: 7461482

Claim:
A flooring assembly, comprising: at least three rectangular sections, each of said sections including a first locking mechanism on opposite ends thereof and a second locking mechanism on opposite sides thereof; wherein said first locking mechanism comprises: a male component extending outwardly from a first end of each of said sections, said male component having a stem attached to said first end and a flange attached to a distal end of said stem, said stem having a width less than a width of said flange; an elongated cavity disposed in a second end of each of said sections; a pocket formed in an end of said cavity; an opening disposed on said second end of each of said sections, said opening extending into said cavity, said flange of one of said sections receivable in said cavity of another of said sections through said opening when said sides of said sections are offset so that said first end of one of said sections abuts and is parallel to said second end of the other of said sections, and a tip of said flange is laterally slidable from said cavity into said pocket as said abutting ends laterally slide against each other until said sides of said sections are aligned, thereby detachably securing said abutting ends of said sections; and wherein said second locking mechanism comprises: a first slot disposed on a first side of each of said sections, said first slot extending into a cam chamber; a second slot disposed on a second side of each of said sections; a cylindrical cam lock disposed within said cam chamber, a portion of said cam lock rotatably moveable through said first slot of one of said sections and into and securable within said second slot of another of said sections when said sides of said sections are abutting each other, thereby detachably securing said abutting sides of said sections.