FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first side of the modular flooring device;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a second side of the modular flooring device;
FIG. 3 is a detail plan view of a corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a detail plan view of a corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a detail plan view of a different corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a detail plan view of a different corner of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;
FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of the modular flooring device of FIG. 2;
FIG. 8 is a detail elevation view of FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a first half of the modular flooring device shown in FIG. 1, but unassembled from a second half shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 10 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the first half shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a plan view of the reverse side of the first half shown in FIG. 9;
FIG. 12 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the first half shown in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a plan view of the second half of the modular flooring device shown in FIG. 2, but unassembled from the first half shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 14 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the second half shown in FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 is a plan view of the reverse side of the second half shown in FIG. 13;
FIG. 16 is a detail perspective view of a corner of the second half shown in FIG. 15;
FIG. 17 is a plan view showing three modular flooring devices from FIG. 1 partially overlapping and connected together in a position of use. Only one device is claimed; the additional occurrences are shown in solid lines for clarity of illustration;
FIG. 18 is a detail perspective view of FIG. 17 where the three modular flooring devices come together, showing an exploded view of a fastener and receiver of a modular flooring device for ease of illustration. The orientation of this detail view has been rotated counter-clockwise slightly from what is shown in FIG. 17;
FIG. 19 is a further detail perspective view of FIG. 18, shown from the second side and further rotated counter-clockwise;
FIG. 20 is a plan view of a detail of the modular flooring device of FIG. 17, shown from the first side and in an unlocked position;
FIG. 21 is a plan view of the detail of FIG. 20, shown from the second side;
FIG. 22 is a plan view of a detail of FIG. 20, shown from the first side and in a locked position; and,
FIG. 23 is a plan view of the detail of FIG. 22, shown from the second side.
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