Uniformly resilient flooring systems

Claim 1

IN A FLOORING SYSTEM HAVING A PLURALITY OF FLOOR BOARDS SUPERPOSED ON THE TRANSVERSELY SPANNING A PLURALITY OF SPACED PARALLEL SUPPORTING MEMBERS ON A FOUNDATION, SAID FLOOR BOARDS HAVING UPPER AND LOWER FACES, AND FASTENING MEMBERS HOLDING SAID FLOOR BOARDS TO SAID PARALLEL SUPPORTING MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS FOR ATTACHING SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS TO THE FOUNDATION, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES, FOR IMPARTING SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LOAD BEARING AND IMPACT RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS TO THE UPPER FACES OF THE BOARDS, RESILIENT SUPPORTING INSERTS IN AND SUBSTNATIALLY LONGITUDINALLY FILLING THE SPACES BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS AND ENHANCING THE SPAN RESPONSE OF SAID FLOOR BOARDS TO LOAD AND IMPACT, SAID RESILIENT SUPPORTING INSERTS HAVING THEIR UPPER MARGINS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE LOWER FACES OF SAID FLOOR BOARDS AND THEIR LOWER MARGINS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FOUNDATION AND THEREBY DIRECTLY IMPARTING THEIR LOAD BEARING AND IMPACT RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY TO THE FLOOR BOARDS, SAID PARALLEL SUPPORTING MEMBERS HAVING RESILIENT SUPPORTS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS AND SAID FOUNDATION, SAID RESILIENT SUPPORTS AND SAID RESILIENT SUPPORTING INSERTS HAVING DIFFERENT PREDETERMINED RESILIENCY AND LOAD BEARING CHARACTERISTICS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY BALANCING THE LOAD BEARING AND RESILIENT IMPACT RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID FLOOR BOARDS IN SPAN AND OVER SAID SUPPORTING MEMBERS.