Padding layer for athletic field
AssigneeSafeplay LLC
InventorFrédéric Vachon
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Abstract
Various embodiments for a pad that may be combined with other similar pads to form a padding layer of an athletic field, or other surface, are disclosed. The pad includes a top surface and a bottom surface. Bottom-side projections are positioned on the bottom surface of the pad. Water channels are positioned on the bottom surface of the pad defined as a recessed area between individual ones of the bottom-side projections. A drainage hole is positioned in at least one of the bottom-side projections such that the drainage hole does not connect with any of the water channels on the bottom surface.
Claims20
A pad for use in a padding layer of a panel system, comprising:
- a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of top-side projections positioned on the top surface of the pad;
- a plurality of bottom-side projections positioned on the bottom surface of the pad;
- a plurality of water channels positioned on the bottom surface of the pad defined as a recessed area between individual ones of the plurality of bottom-side projections;
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- a drainage hole positioned in at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections such that the drainage hole does not connect with any of the plurality of water channels on the bottom surface of the pad
- wherein the drainage hole intersects at least one of the plurality of top-side projections with the at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections, thereby permitting water to flow from the at least one of the plurality of top-side projections to the at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections.
A method, comprising:
- providing a pad for use in a padding layer of a panel system, the pad comprising:
- a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of top-side projections positioned on the top surface of the pad;
- a plurality of bottom-side projections positioned on the bottom surface of the pad;
- a plurality of water channels positioned on the bottom surface of the pad defined as a recessed area between individual ones of the plurality of bottom-side projections;
- and
- a drainage hole positioned in at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections such that the drainage hole does not connect with any of the plurality of water channels on the bottom surface of the pad
- wherein the drainage hole intersects at least one of the plurality of top-side projections with the at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections, thereby permitting water to flow from the at least one of the plurality of top-side projections to the at least one of the plurality of bottom-side projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.