Portable dance floor panel with floating magnet retention system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8844207
APP PUB NO 20140245692A1
SERIAL NO

13908852

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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.

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MITY-LITE INC1301 WEST 400 NORTH OREM UT 84057

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bowers, Brian Midvale, US 46 560
Health, Mitchell Payson, US 1 4

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