Abstract: One embodiment of a safety surfacing tile comprises a top surface; a plurality of series of first members supporting the top surface and extending across a transverse length of the safety surfacing tile; a plurality of series of second members supporting the top surface and extending across a length of the safety surfacing tile perpendicular to the transverse length; and a grid of voids formed by the intersecting first and second members on an underside of the top surface, wherein the grid of voids absorbs impact energy from an object impacting the top surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 14, 2011
Publication date:
July 19, 2012
Applicant:
RUBBER WHOLESALERS, INC
Inventors:
Terry Chandler Harris, Jennifer Quinn Harris, Nathan Warren Lomax
Abstract: One embodiment of a safety surfacing tile comprises a top surface; a plurality of series of first members supporting the top surface and extending continuously across a transverse length of the safety surfacing tile; a plurality of series of second members supporting the top surface and extending continuously across a length of the safety surfacing tile perpendicular to the transverse length; and a grid of voids formed by the intersecting first and second members on an underside of the top surface, wherein the grid of voids absorbs impact energy from an object impacting the top surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 21, 2010
Publication date:
November 25, 2010
Applicant:
RUBBER WHOLESALERS, INC
Inventors:
Terry Chandler Harris, Jennifer Quinn Harris, Nathan Warren Lomax