Mosaic flooring block and method of forming the same

Claim 1

A FLOORING BLOCK COMPOSED OF MAJOR COMPONENTS AND EACH MAJOR COMPONENT BEING COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF SLATS HAVING LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE EDGES, THE SLATS BEING ARRANGED WITH THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF ADJACENT SLATS IN ABUTTING RELATION PROVIDING A MAJOR COMPONENT HAVING OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE EDGES FORMED BY THE TRANSVERSE EDGES OF THE SLATS AND OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES EACH FORMED BY A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF A SLAT THE TRANSVERSE EDGES AND THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF EACH MAJOR COMPONENT BEING OF EQUAL LENGTH, A SERIES OF SEPARATE, BENDABLE STAPLES, EACH BEING CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN ADJACENT SLATS AND ACROSS THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES THEREOF TO CONNECT THE SLATS TOGETHER TO FORM A MAJOR COMPONENT, SAID MAJOR COMPONENTS BEING ARRANGED IN A FLOORING BLOCK WITH A TRANSVERSE EDGE OF ONE MAJOR COMPONENT IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF AN ADJACENT MAJOR COMPONENT, AND A PLURALITY OF BENDABLE STAPLES CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING ACROSS ABUTTING LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE EDGES OF THE MAJOR COMPONENTS TO FORM A FLOORING BLOCK, AND EACH FLOORING BLOCK BEING COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF MAJOR COMPONENTS WHICH ARE A MULTIPLE OF FOUR, SAID STAPLES BEING CONNECTED TO SAID MAJOR COMPONENTS ADJACENT TO BUT SPACED FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AND TRANSVERSE EDGES, AND SAID SERIES OF SEPARATE, BENDABLE STAPLES BEING CONNECTED TO THE SLATS ADJACENT TO THE TRANSVERSE EDGE OF THE MAJOR COMPONENT WHICH IS REMOTE FROM THE OPPOSITE TRANSVERSE EDGE WHICH IS IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH THE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF AN ADJACENT MAJOR COMPONENT, WHEREBY SAID SLATS ARE HELD IN POSITION ALONG BOTH TRANSVERSE EDGES THEREOF.