Patent ID: 8069631

Claim:
A flooring, which comprises rectangular floorboards with long sides and short sides, said floorboards being joined in a herringbone pattern, long side to long side and long side to short side, wherein said long sides have pairs of opposing first mechanical connectors extending continuously along the entire length of said long sides, said opposing first mechanical connectors comprising a tongue and a tongue groove for locking-together said floorboards vertically, wherein the flooring comprises floorboards with a surface of plastic, linoleum, or synthetic fibres, and the flooring comprises second mechanical connectors comprising an upwardly projecting locking element on one long side cooperating with a locking groove on the other long side of an adjacent floorboard for locking together said floorboards horizontally, whereby said first and second mechanical connectors allow locking-together both horizontally and vertically by inward angling whereby the tongue is received in the tongue groove and the locking element enters the locking groove, wherein at least one short side comprises connectors, wherein said connectors at the short side are designed for locking together one of said short sides to one of said long sides, both horizontally and vertically.