Patent ID: 8833007

Claim:
A floor tile, comprising: a substrate with a length and a width exceeding a depth and having a back surface and an opposing top layer, the top layer having a central portion and at least opposing first and second marginal perimeter portions, the central portion defining a first land with a support surface, the first and second marginal perimeter portions each defining a respective second land with a surface recessed relative to the support surface; and the at least opposing first and second marginal perimeter portions each have a respective side edge from which a plurality of T-lugs project in spaced-apart relation and alternating with a plurality of T-recesses defined in the respective side edge configured for mating reception of the T-lugs of another floor tile, the T-lug comprising: a main leg projecting from the side edge, a cross-leg substantially perpendicular to the main leg at a distal end thereof, and two end legs extending at opposite ends of the cross-leg, each of the two end legs defining an abutment extending towards the side edge and the T-recess defining a pair of notches each conforming in shape to an abutment, whereby a plurality of the floor tiles join together by the T-recesses of a first one of the floor tiles matingly receiving a respective one of the T-lugs projecting from a second one of the floor tiles, with each notch receiving a respective one of the abutments whereby the contacting edges of the abutment and the notch resist relative movement of the first and second floor tiles, whereby the support surfaces of adjacent connected floor tiles support footwear or wheeled traffic of a user thereon remote from the second land of the marginal perimeter portions.