Portable Dance Floor Panel with Floating Magnet Retention System

摘要

A portable dance floor system comprises a plurality of floor panels removably couplable together to form a dance floor assembly, with each floor panel comprising a perimeter frame circumscribing a core, and a dance floor surface substantially covering the frame and core. The frame has an extrusion with an outwardly facing channel having an opening, and an elongated cavity behind the channel. A plurality of bores can extend into the extrusion from a back of the extrusion, into the channel, and to the opening. A plurality of magnets can each be disposed in a different one of the plurality of bores. A retaining strip can be disposed in the elongated cavity and can hold the plurality of magnets in the plurality of bores between the retaining strip and the opening. The panel can include the core having an aluminum honeycomb between aluminum skins.

主权项

1. A portable dance floor system comprising a plurality of floor panels removably couplable together to form a dance floor assembly, each floor panel comprising:
a) a perimeter frame circumscribing a core, and a dance floor surface substantially covering the frame and core; b) the frame comprising an extrusion with an outwardly facing channel having an outward facing opening, and an elongated cavity behind the outwardly facing channel; c) a plurality of bores extending into the extrusion transverse to a longitudinal axis thereof from a back of the extrusion, into the outwardly facing channel, and to the outward facing opening of the outwardly facing channel; d) a plurality of magnets each disposed in a different one of the plurality of bores; e) a retaining strip disposed in the elongated cavity and holding the plurality of magnets in the plurality of bores between the retaining strip and the outward facing opening; and f) the retaining strip and the extrusion being non-ferrous; g) the plurality of magnets having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the plurality of the bores, or the plurality of magnets having a length shorter than a distance from the outward facing opening to the retaining strip, or both, such that the plurality of magnets are movable within the plurality of bores.