Patent ID: 7096631

Claim:
A resilient flooring system for use in athletic facilities having a length-wise direction which extends parallel the direction of play and a widthwise direction which extends transverse the direction of play, said system comprising: a non-resilient base surface; a resilient layer extending over the base surface: a sub-floor comprising panels laid over said resilient layer in side-by-side and end-to-end fashion, said panels extending diagonally of said lengthwise and crosswise directions; a plurality of equally spaced recessed upwardly facing pockets formed in an upper edge and on one side of each said panel and a plurality recessed downwardly facing pockets formed in a lower edge and on an opposite side of each said panel, said upwardly facing and said downwardly facing pockets being aligned transverse of said panels; clips, positioned to extend over said upwardly directed pockets and beneath said downwardly directed pockets, secured with said base floor, said clips allowing limited and controlled vertical movement of said panels; flooring shorts laid in parallel over and secured with said panel members, said shorts extending parallel with said lengthwise direction and transverse of said widthwise direction; securing members securing said flooring shorts with said panel members wherein; said flooring is uniformly resilient.