Parquet flooring block

Claim 1

A FLOORING BLOCK INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, MAJOR COMPONENTS AND MINOR COMPONENTS, AND EACH MAJOR COMPONENT BEING COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF MINOR COMPONENTS, AND A FLOORING BLOCK COMPOSED OF A PLURALITY OF MAJOR COMPONENTS, SAID MINOR COMPONENTS BEING ARRANGED IN EDGE TO EDGE SERIES RELATION AND HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CONTINUOUS SLOTS FORMED IN THE UNDER SIDE THEREOF, SAID SLOTS EXTENDING UPWARDLY INTO EACH MINOR COMPONENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY THE THICKNESS CENTERS THEREOF, AND A WIRE OF RELATIVE RIGIDITY RECEIVED IN EACH SLOT AND MAINTAINED THEREIN SOLELY BY A TIGHT FRICTION FIT TO HOLD THE MINOR COMPONENTS TOGETHER, FORMING A MAJOR COMPONENT, SAID PLURALITY OF MAJOR COMPONENTS BEING ARRANGED TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN OF THEIR EDGES IN ABUTTING RELATION, AND A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE BENDABLE MEANS FIXED TO ADJACENT MAJOR COMPONENTS AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE ABUTTING EDGE THEREOF TO CONNECT THE MAJOR COMPONENTS TOGETHER FORMING A FLOORING BLOCK, WHEREBY SAID MAJOR COMPONENTS MAY ASSUME DIFFERENT ANGULAR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, WHILE SAID MINOR COMPONENTS OF EACH MAJOR COMPONENT ARE MAINTAINED IN COPLANAR RELATIONSHIP.