WOODEN FLOORING STRIP WITH ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY AND STRAIGHTNESS

摘要

A wooden flooring strip having a top surface having a decorative finish and a base surface opposed to said top surface. The base surface has a multiplic ity of closely spaced-apart scores extending into the flooring strip from the base surface transverse to the length of the flooring strip along substantially the entire length of the fl ooring strip to relieve stress and increase flexibility in the wood strip for more closely adhering to irregularities of a sub-floor. The flooring strip has substantially longitudinally-extending w ood fibers in an area of the flooring strip between the scores and the top surface of the flo oring strip which have been broken to an extent sufficient to relieve tension on the top surfa ce of the flooring strip and to equalize tension on the wood fibers adjacent both the top surfa ce and base surface of the flooring strip.