Temporary walkway system with modular tiles interlocking in three-dimensions

A modular interlocking tile for walkway system, comprising:

• a lower surface, an upper surface, a front edge, a rear edge, and lateral side edges, the lower and upper surfaces extending horizontally, and the front, rear and lateral side edges extending vertically to operatively connect the upper and lower surfaces;
• at least one tapered male projection that horizontally projects in a forward longitudinal direction from the front edge and horizontally tapers in a rearward longitudinal direction from a wide male portion to a narrow male portion of the male projection, wherein:
• the wide male portion includes wings on opposite lateral sides of the male projection,
• each wing is beveled in an upward vertical direction to reduce the thickness of each wing in its laterally outward direction and forming a downwardly and laterally outwardly facing wing stop surface at an elevation in a vertical direction between an upper and lower surface of the male projection,
• the male projection further includes a laterally extending ridge that horizontally projects forwardly from a front edge of the wide male portion,
• the ridge has a thickness in the vertical direction that is less than a maximum thickness of the wide male portion and being located at a lower portion of the male projection,
• the ridge includes an upwardly facing ridge stop surface at an elevation in the vertical direction between the upper and lower surface of the male projection,
• the ridge stop surface is longitudinally offset in the forward direction from the wing stop surface;
• and
• at least one tapered female receiver that is recessed in the forward direction from the rear edge and horizontally tapers in the rearward direction from a wide female portion to a narrow female portion of the female receiver, wherein:
• the wide female portion includes open pockets on opposite lateral sides of the female receiver,
• each pocket has a floor within at least part of the pocket that is beveled in an upward vertical direction to reduce the depth of the pocket in its laterally outward direction and forming an upwardly and laterally inwardly facing pocket stop surface at an elevation in the vertical direction within the pocket,
• the female receiver further includes a notch in a lower portion of the tile that extends in the forward direction relative to the wide female portion,
• the notch includes a downwardly facing notch stop surface, and
• the notch stop surface is longitudinally offset in the forward direction from the pocket stop surface.

A modular interlocking tile, comprising:

• at least one male projection that projects horizontally in a longitudinally forward direction from a front edge of the tile, wherein the male projection includes a rearwardly-facing male engagement surface, opposite laterally-facing male engagement surfaces, and a vertically-facing male stop surface;
• and
• at least one female receiver that is recessed in the longitudinally forward direction from a rear edge of the tile, wherein the female receiver includes a forwardly-facing female engagement surface, opposite laterally-facing female engagement surfaces, and at least one vertically-facing female stop surface that faces in an opposite vertical direction of the vertically-facing male stop surface;
• wherein the tile is adapted to interlockingly connect with another tile, such that:
• (i) the rearwardly-facing male engagement surface of the tile is engageable with the forwardly-facing female engagement surface of the other tile to interlock the tiles in the longitudinal direction along a horizontal plane,
• (ii) the opposite laterally-facing male engagement surfaces of the tile are respectively engageable with the opposite laterally-facing female engagement surfaces of the other tile to interlock the tiles in the lateral direction along the horizontal plane, and
• (iii) the vertically-facing male stop surface of the tile is engageable with the vertically-facing female stop surface of the other tile to interlock the tiles in the vertical direction
• wherein the tile includes an upper surface and a lower surface,
• wherein an upper surface of the at least one male projection is coplanar with the upper surface of the tile, and
• wherein a lower surface of the at least one male projection is coplanar with the lower surface of the tile.