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US 2018/0119364 A1Published application
Transportation Matting
AssigneeXCraft, Inc.
InventorRobert A. DaSilva
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Abstract
Transportation matting for traversing soft ground surfaces, such as beaches and muddy roads, is provided. The matting is thin, rollable, and lightweight (in some embodiments, about 1 lb/ft2) and has a convoluted configuration with alternating peaks and valleys formed from mats of a fiber reinforced polymer composite material. The matting is coilable with a preload by which the matting tends to unroll and lay flat, while retaining relatively high compliance or ease of roll-up when recovered.
Claims45
Transportation matting comprising:
- a matting comprising at least two layers of a composite material comprising glass reinforcing fibers embedded in a resin matrix;
- the matting having an upper surface and a lower surface and side edges extending in a longitudinal direction, and having a convoluted wave form configuration comprising alternating peaks and valleys;
- wherein the matting has a support flexural strength about a diagonal axis relative to the side edges of the matting of at least about 1800 lbf at 72° F.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.