Patent ID: 8322100

Claim:
A flooring system overlying a subfloor, comprising: a plurality of liners having a grid pattern printed thereon and overlying the subfloor, the liners having longitudinal edge portions, the longitudinal edge portions of adjacent liners being adjacent or overlapped, the grid pattern used as an aid to lay a plurality of resilient tiles, the grid pattern includes a plurality of grid lines, the grid lines adjacent the longitudinal edge portions of the liners are spaced from the longitudinal edge portions; the plurality of tiles overlying the liners and substantially aligned with the grid pattern; and an adhesive adhering the tiles to the liners, at least some of the tiles being adhered to two of the liners; each respective tile of the plurality of tiles has a tile edge which butts against a tile edge of an adjoining tile of the plurality of tiles, even if the tile edge of the respective tile is misaligned with the grid pattern; the tiles adhered to the two of the liners cause the plurality of liners and the plurality of tiles to form a floating floor which is not attached to the subfloor and which does not damage the subfloor and which can be easily removed from the subfloor; whereby when the adjacent longitudinal edge portions of the adjacent liners abut or are overlapped, the distance between the grid lines adjacent the longitudinal edge portions of the adjacent liners equals the width of the tiles.