This invention relates to flooring systems and more particularly, to modular flooring systems having at least one elevated layer and providing variation in both the lateral and vertical dimensions.
Events such as concerts, weddings, dances, graduations and parties often require or benefit from temporary flooring. They are often held in places with uneven flooring or flooring that is unsuitable for pedestrian traffic, dancing or other purposes of the event. For instance, many events require a stage, dais, or other type of raised platform where attention may be focused during the event. Such raised platforms are placed on the ground or other floor covering, and are often unstable even when the supporting surface is relatively flat since they are not secured to the ground or floor. Further, these raised platforms are only available in certain predetermined sizes and heights, thereby limiting the amount of elevation that can be achieved with the platform. This likewise limits the creativity and utility of the event space and accommodations. In addition, events may be held on surfaces that are uneven or unstable such as grass, dirt or uneven pavement outdoors that can be hazardous or dirty when walking or dancing, such as from tripping or slipping in mud, loose dirt, uncovered roots, rocks, clots of dirt, etc. Tents may be erected to protect guests from the sun and inclement weather, but they provide only the barest of protections to the ground or floor, and those are at a spaced apart distance. Indoor locations may also have unsuitable flooring, which may be tilted, uneven or unfinished, such as in basements, making navigation problematic unless one is careful.
Modular flooring systems are therefore commonly employed for events to create a temporary, artificial floor that is safer to walk on than the underlying ground or floor. Such modular flooring systems provide stability and can also be used to create a desired aesthetic effect, such as of tiles or borders. They often require the placement and interlocking of individual floor modules to create the overall floor covering, which can then be disassembled and removed when the event is over without damage to the underlying ground or floor. However, these modular flooring systems only cover the floor, and do not address platforms or other raised areas.
Known modular flooring systems also fail to address furniture such as stages, tables, chairs, podiums and other equipment that are supplied separately and placed on the flooring system during the event. Usually the flooring system is smooth to allow for unimpeded locomotion, but this can also mean the furniture may shift on the flooring system during use, which can be dangerous if it occurs during use. Further, any incline in the installed flooring system may lead to sliding of the furniture once placed. This danger is augmented when additional equipment or furniture is layered, such as a podium placed on top of a stage.
Accordingly, there remains room for improvement in the field of modular floor coverings. Specifically, it would be beneficial to have a modular flooring system that is both temporary and customizable to achieve any desired dimension and elevation, while also affording stability.
An elevated flooring system is disclosed which can be used to cover ground, provide stable floor covering and create elevated portions for further flooring levels of differing heights. The present invention may be used to provide flooring for indoor and outdoor events, within tents, in basements and other areas where the ground or floor may benefit from a more stable surface. The present invention also allows for the creation of a stage, dais, platform(s), walls, stairs, and other elements that may be desired to be located at a distance above the underlying floor or ground. The elevated flooring system is entirely modular so it is fully customizable. The elevated flooring system may be expanded in any direction, including vertically, to create any number of elevated features at any desired height(s). It also permits the formation of multiple layers of flooring, adding versatility and flexibility in design.
The elevated flooring system includes at least one floor module that forms a substantially planar surface of the flooring system. Floor modules may be joined to one another laterally by connecting adjacent floor modules with complimentary connectors projecting from facing sides of the floor modules. Each floor module has a first module surface forming an upper surface upon which people may walk or other components of the system may be stacked, and an opposite second module surface forming an underside of the floor module. The first module surface may be solid or have holes throughout, and may include designs, logos, or other indicia for decoration. The second module surface may be open, revealing a plurality of module ribs that provide structural support and rigidity to the floor module. Module ribs also collectively define module receiving spaces that receive protrusions from other components of the elevated flooring system to enable stacking.
The elevated flooring system also includes at least one block that may be stacked above or below the floor modules to create differences in elevation of the floor modules. Any number of blocks may be stacked on one another, and between floor modules, to create any desired amount of elevation. The blocks include extensions that project from a first block surface. These extensions fit within the module receiving spaces to join the underside or second module surface of a floor module. Each block may include any number of extensions, and the extensions may be any shape. Each block further includes block ribs viewable from an open second block surface opposite the first block surface. Like the module ribs, the block ribs provide structural support to the block and form various block receiving spaces in which to receive protrusions from other components of the elevated flooring system to enable stacking.
The elevated flooring system may also include at least one interfacing member having a body and at least one leg extending therefrom. The body of the interfacing member is shaped and dimensioned to fit within at least one of a block receiving space and a module receiving space. The leg(s) are dimensioned to fit within a hole of the first module surface of a floor module.
Accordingly, the elevated flooring system may be assembled by selectively attaching or joining multiple floor modules to one another along one plane and stacking blocks and/or interfacing members above and/or below. Additional floor modules may be stacked to the blocks and/or interfacing members, forming an elevated layer at a vertical distance from the first layer. The system may be extended in any direction by adding further floor modules, blocks and/or interfacing members. The stacking of various blocks and floor modules locks the matrix together for a stable system.
The elevated flooring system, together with its particular features and advantages, will become more apparent from the following detailed description and with reference to the appended drawings.
Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
As shown in the accompanying drawings, the present invention is directed to an elevated flooring system 100 that can be used to create a modular flooring system along a surface such as the ground, and can also create various raised areas and elevated sections for increased height, such as for a dais, stage, podium, stairs or other structure. To accomplish this, the elevated flooring system 100 includes a plurality of floor modules 10, at least a portion of which collectively form at least one layer 11, and the layers 11 are separated by at least one block 30 supporting and interconnecting various floor modules 10 and layers 11 to create differences in height of various portions of the elevated flooring system 100.
As seen in
Regardless of whether it is continuous or includes holes 24, the smooth first module surface 12 may also include a pattern, label, design or other indicia. The indicia may be unique and proprietary, or it may be generic. For instance, in some embodiments, the indicia may resemble wood grain patterns. In other embodiments, the indicia may be a pattern imitating tile, mosaics, laminate, glass, stone, marble or other building or flooring materials. In some embodiments, the indicia may be applied to the exterior of the first module surface 12 after the floor module 10 is formed, such as by heat application or pressing into the material before, during or after curing. In other embodiments, the indicia may be formed in the first module surface 12, such as through a process of in-mold labeling.
Each floor module 10 also includes second module surface 14 opposite the first module surface 12, shown in
The module ribs 26 may extend along the perimeter of the floor module 10 and/or may also extend away from the perimeter toward the interior of the floor module 10, such as in the direction of the center of the floor module 10. The module ribs 26 may be linear, curved, curvilinear, or any shape or configuration, and may be positioned parallel to, intersecting, or at an angle to any of the other module ribs 26. Accordingly, various module ribs 26 may collectively define space(s) therebetween, such as module receiving spaces 28. Each module receiving space 28 is dimensioned, shaped and configured to receive a corresponding one of an extension 36 from a block 30 or the body 42 of an interfacing member 40, as described in greater detail below. In at least one embodiment, as shown in
The second module surface 14 of the floor module 10 may also include at least one channel 22 formed therein. The channel(s) 22 spans at least a portion of the floor module 10, and in at least one embodiment spans the entire length or width of the floor module 10 along the second module surface 14. Multiple channels 22 may be included in the floor module 10, and may run parallel, perpendicular, or at an angle to other channels 22 in a common floor module 10. For instance, as shown in
As shown in
Each side 16 may include an aperture 23 aligning with and providing access to a channel 22 of the second module surface 14. The aperture 23 may therefore be similarly sized and shaped as the channel 22, or may be larger or smaller than the corresponding channel 22 so long as access is still provided. In at least one embodiment, the aperture 23 is the same size, shape and configuration as a cross-section of the channel 22, such that the top of the aperture 23 has the same position and shape as the module ribs 26′ forming the channel 22 on the second module surface 14, as depicted in
Each side 16 may also include at least one connector 17, 18 dimensioned to engage a corresponding connector on a side 16 of an adjacent floor module 10 when joining floor modules 10 together. For instance, as depicted in
At least one side 16 also includes at least one second connector 18. The second connector 18 also extends from the side 16 and away from the flooring module 10. Rather than forming a loop, the second connector 18 includes an extension 64 and a terminal portion 65 having a tab, lip or other similar feature. The extension 64 supports the terminal portion 65 at a predetermined distance from the side 16 of the floor module 10, and may itself be rounded or planar. The terminal portion 65 is correspondingly dimensioned to the opening 62 of the first connector 17 of another floor module 10, and may be planar, curved or have another type of shape. When joining adjacent floor modules 10 together, as depicted in
In at least one preferred embodiment, each side 16 may include multiple connectors of the same type. In other embodiments each side 16 may include multiple connectors of different types. For instance, one side 16 may include a plurality of first connectors 17, and a different side 16 may include a plurality of second connectors 18. In some embodiments, adjacent sides 16 may have the same type of connector 17, 18. For instance, in at least one embodiment as shown in
Multiple floor modules 10 may be arranged adjacent to one another and connected to one another in a first lateral direction 50 through the first and second connectors 17, 18, as described above, to form a layer 11. A layer 11 may form a floor surface of the system 100 which can support people, animals, equipment, furniture, and other components of the floor system 100. A single layer 11 may include any number of floor modules 10 in the first lateral direction 50 or the second lateral direction 54, as shown in
Referring to
Each block 30 includes a first block surface 31, which may be considered a top surface, and an opposite second block surface 34 which may be considered a bottom surface. The height of the block 30 defines the distance between the first and second block surfaces 32, 34. The first block surface 32 may preferably be solid, though in some embodiments it may include a bore(s) 33 extending through the block 30 from the first block surface 32 to the second block surface 34. The bore(s) 33 are sized, shaped and dimensioned to permit the passage of cables, wires, or other materials therethrough, which may be useful when running between layers 11 of the elevated flooring system 100. They may also be dimensioned to permit the passage of pins, rods or other similar rigid elongate material as may provide additional structural support to the elevated flooring system 100. The bore 33 may be of any shape, size and dimension, such as but not limited to circular, oval, square, rectangular, triangular, oblong, and irregular.
Each block 30 also includes at least one extension 36 protruding from the first block surface 32. Each extension 36 may be sized, shaped and configured to correspond with, and fit at least partially within, a module receiving space 28 of a floor module 10 as discussed above and shown in
Further, each block 30 may include any number of extensions 36. For instance, a block 30 may include from one to twelve extensions 36, or more. In at least the embodiment shown in
Each block 30 includes a second block surface 34 opposite the first block surface 32, such as shown in
The block ribs 38 may extend along the perimeter of the block 30 and may also extend away from the perimeter toward the interior of the block 30, such as in the direction of the center of the block 30. The block ribs 38 may be linear, curved, curvilinear, or any shape or configuration, and may be positioned parallel to, intersecting, or at an angle to any of the other block ribs 38. Accordingly, various block ribs 38 may collectively define space(s) therebetween, such as block receiving spaces 39. Each block receiving space 39 is dimensioned, shaped and configured to receive a corresponding body 42 of an interfacing member 40 or one of an extension 36 from another block 30, as described in greater detail below. The block receiving space 39 may further be dimensioned to retain the body 42 of an interfacing member 40 or one of an extension 36 from another block 30, such as by a frictional fit, snap fit, or other suitable connection. In at least one embodiment, as shown in
With reference now to
The body 42 is sized, shaped and dimensioned to correspond to, and fit at least partially within, a block receiving space 39 accessed through the second block surface 34, as shown in
The legs 44 of the interfacing member 40 may have any shape and dimension, and the legs 44 of a common interfacing member 40 may have a uniform shape and dimension as one another. For instance, in at least one embodiment the legs 44 may be pegs, pins, or other type projections that extend from the body 42 of the interfacing member 40, and may be cylindrical or rectangular. In at least one embodiment as shown in
The elevated flooring system 100 is fully modular and so can be assembled in any number of ways, with the various components being selectively attachable to other components. For instance, as shown in
Further, although layers 11 are formed by joining adjacent floor modules 10 through the first and second connectors 17, 18, the floor modules 10 may further be locked in place by the placement of blocks 30 above or below. A block 30 may be placed aligning at least a portion of the joining floor module 10, or it may be placed to overlap the joining floor module(s) 10.
Since many modifications, variations and changes in detail can be made to the described preferred embodiments, it is intended that all matters in the foregoing description and shown in the accompanying drawings be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. Thus, the scope of the invention should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents. Now that the invention has been described.
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