Joint devices, systems, and methods for exterior flooring

1. A joint system comprising:

at least a first floor panel comprising a first locking profile;

at least a second floor panel comprising a second locking profile; and

a joint member disposed between the first floor panel and the second floor panel;

wherein the joint member is adapted to pass a liquid between the first floor panel and the second floor panel, and wherein each of the first floor panel, the second floor panel, and the joint member comprise a weatherproof material;

wherein the joint member comprises a strip which, at both edges, has opposing locking profiles with one or more vertical and horizontal locking surfaces adapted to co-operate behind portions of the first and second locking profiles of the first floor panel and the second floor panel to secure the joint member thereto; and

wherein the opposing locking profiles of the joint member do not intersect a vertical midplane between the first and second floor panels; and

wherein an upper surface of the joint member is at a same level as and/or lower than at least a portion of an upper surface of the first floor panel and/or the second floor panel.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first floor panel and the second floor panel are disposed over a substantially planar outdoor surface.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second panels comprise the same weatherproof material as the joint member.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second panels comprise a first weatherproof material and wherein the joint member comprises a second weatherproof material that is different than the first weatherproof material.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises at least one opening adapted to drain liquid from the surface of the floor covering.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the opening comprises a channel.

7. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the opening comprises a slot.

8. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the opening comprises a tapered inner wall.

9. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the at least a portion of the opening is adapted to receive an attachment member.

10. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of floor panels arranged in parallel rows.

11. The system according to claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of joint members disposed between the parallel rows of floor panels.

12. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises an angled upper surface that connects to an upper surface of each of the first and second floor panels.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the angled upper surface slopes downwardly towards at least one opening.

14. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises first and second tongue portions for connecting to first and second grooves disposed in edges of the first and second floor panels.

15. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer disposed between the first and second floor panels and the outdoor surface.

16. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises a metal.

17. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises silver (Ag) ions added either during or after manufacture.

18. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member is anti-microbial.

19. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises a surfactant.

20. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the joint member comprises at least one groove.

21. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first floor panel and the second floor panel comprise male profiles.

22. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first floor panel and the second floor panel comprise female locking profiles.

23. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first floor panel comprises a male profile and the second floor panel comprises a female profile.