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Inventors: Counihan, James;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Mai; Lanna
Assistant Examiner: Devoti; Paul
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McNair Law Firm, P.A.

A resilient flooring system in combination with an athletic court having a playing direction and a cross-direction transverse of said playing direction. The flooring system comprises a non-resilient base covered with a resilient layer, and sub-flooring comprising substantially rectangular panel members laid side-by-side and end-to-end in staggered relationship diagonally of the playing direction. The panels are slightly spaced along their ends and sides to form expansion joints. Flooring shorts are arranged over the sub-floor in end-to-end and side-to-side engagement. The shorts are arranged to extend parallel with the playing direction over the entire length of the court. The shorts are also arranged so that a section thereof between opposed ends extends over the expansion joints. Securing members secure each short with the panel members on opposing sides of the expansion slots. Finally, clips are provided to secure the panel members with the base flooring in a manner allowing limited vertical movement.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A resilient flooring system for use in athletic facilities having a length-wise direction which extends parallel the direction of play and a widthwise direction which extends transverse the direction of play, said system comprising: a non-resilient base surface; a resilient layer extending over the base surface: a sub-floor comprising panels laid over said resilient layer in side-by-side and end-to-end fashion, said panels extending diagonally of said lengthwise and crosswise directions; a plurality of equally spaced recessed upwardly facing pockets formed in an upper edge and on one side of each said panel and a plurality recessed downwardly facing pockets formed in a lower edge and on an opposite side of each said panel, said upwardly facing and said downwardly facing pockets being aligned transverse of said panels; clips, positioned to extend over said upwardly directed pockets and beneath said downwardly directed pockets, secured with said base floor, said clips allowing limited and controlled vertical movement of said panels; flooring shorts laid in parallel over and secured with said panel members, said shorts extending parallel with said lengthwise direction and transverse of said widthwise direction; securing members securing said flooring shorts with said panel members wherein; said flooring is uniformly resilient.
2.
The resilient flooring system of claim 1 wherein expansion joints are provided between said ends and said sides of said panels.
3.
The resilient flooring system of claim 2 including cutouts in said resilient layer, said cutouts being located beneath said downwardly directed pockets to receive first ends of said clips.
4.
The resilient flooring system of claim 1 wherein said resilient layer comprises foam pads at least 1/4'' thick laid in juxtaposed positions.
5.
The resilient flooring system of claim 1 wherein said sub-floor panels comprise 2'.
times.
8'3/4'' plywood panels.
6.
The resilient flooring system of claim 1 wherein there are four pockets per side of each of said panels

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