Composite floor structure and reinforcing, aligning and mortar gaging mat assembly therefor

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE FLOOR STRUCTURE FORMED OVER A BASE SURFACE AND COMPRISING A MORTAR BED HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL THICKNESS PROVIDING OPPOSITELY FACING SURFACES; A SERIES OF PATTERNED PREFORMED FLOORING UNITS SET ON AND EMBEDDED IN ONE SURFACE OF SAID MORTAR BED AND FORMING A PLANAR EXPOSED FLOOR SURFACE; AND MEANS SUPPORTING AND POSITIONING SAID FLOORING UNITS IN SUBSTANTIAL SPACED RELATION TO SAID OTHER SURFACE OF SAID MORTAR BED AND REINFORCING SAID MORTAR BED COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART PARALLEL ROD-LIKE RUNNER MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART PARALLEL ROD-LIKE CROSS MEMBERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID RUNNER MEMBERS AND JOINED THERETO, SAID ROD-LIKE CROSS MEMBERS AND SAID ROD-LIKE RUNNER MEMBERS BEING IN SUBSTANTIALLY COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP AND FORMING A REINFORCING MESH STRUCTURE OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL AREA SPACES WITH EACH OF SAID FLOORING UNITS ABUTTINGLY RESTING ON SAID MESH STRUCTURE IN OVERLAPPING RELATION TO THE PORTIONS OF SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBERS DELIMITING SAID SPACES; MEANS ADAPTED TO NON-INTERLOCKINGLY CONTACT SAID BASE SURFACE AND POSITION SAID MESH STRUCTURE IN SAID MORTAR BED IN PREDETERMINED SPACED RELATION TO SAID OTHER SURFACE OF SAID MORTAR BED TO GAUGE SAID MORTAR BED THICKNESS; AND MEANS FIXED TO AND PROJECTING ABOVE SAID MESH STRUCTURE AND SAID MORTAR BED FORMING RESPECTIVE POCKETS WHICH ALIGN AND POSITION EACH OF SAID FLOORING UNITS IN PRECISE SIDE-BY-SIDE PATTERNED RELATION THEREBY FORMING UNIFORM STRAIGHT MORTAR JOINTS BETWEEN ADJACENT FLOORING UNITS.