Narrow lined modular flooring assemblies

摘要

This specification describes a tray substrate for tile flooring that can be used in narrow grout line modular floating tile assemblies. The tray is preferably made of plastic and has vertical tray edges around the top of the tray substrate with upward and downward tabs protruding from the sides of the tray substrate wherein some of the tabs are at least partially recessed under the surface of the tray.

主权项

1. A component of a flooring system comprising a tray substrate having:
a tray substrate surface which is an upward facing horizontal surface having a tray substrate surface perimeter,
the tray substrate surface further comprising a plurality of holes, a tray substrate bottom, a plurality of vertical tray edges which protrude upward and extend along the tray substrate surface perimeter, a plurality of tray substrate edges defining an outside perimeter of the tray substrate,
the tray substrate edges having a plurality of upward tabs comprising a convex surface and a valley;the tray substrate edges further comprising a plurality of downward tabs comprising a concave surface and a lip, wherein at least a portion of the downward tabs is recessed under the upward facing horizontal tray surface, and wherein at least a portion of the lip of the downward tabs is directly beneath the tray substrate surface perimeter.