Method of making a floor tile with elastomer jacketed support members

A method for forming a modular floor tile for use in creating a flooring surface comprising a plurality of such tiles, the method comprising the steps of:

• molding a body of the tile from a first, relatively rigid thermoplastic polymer to have a lower surface and a plurality of spaced-apart groups of support member cores, the cores having bottom surfaces positioned to be disposed below the lower surface and each support member core having at least one sidewall disposed below the lower surface to extend to the bottom surface of the core;
• and
• overmolding, onto the cores, a skin from a second, relatively nonrigid thermoplastic polymer, the skin molded to adhere to the bottom surface of the core and to at least a portion of said at least one sidewall, the skin and the cores comprising the support members.