Mat having recycled material surface
AssigneeNewpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC
InventorsGaurav Agrawal, Dane Manuel
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Abstract
Method of manufacturing mats for use as support surfaces include depositing a resin material in a mold shaped to define a mat, depositing a recycled material on a top surface of the deposited resin material, and at least one of heat treating and pressure treating the resin material and the recycled material to generate a formed mat. The recycled material and the resin material are fused together during the treatment by at least one of the heat treating and the pressure treating to form a friction layer of the formed mat comprising the fused resin material and recycled material.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a mat for use as a support surface, the method comprising:
- depositing a resin material in a mold shaped to define a mat;
- depositing a recycled material on a top surface of the deposited resin material;
- and
- at least one of heat treating and pressure treating the resin material and the recycled material to generate a formed mat,
- wherein the recycled material and the resin material are fused together during the treatment by at least one of the heat treating and the pressure treating to form a friction layer of the formed mat comprising the fused resin material and recycled material.
A mat for use as a support surface, the mat comprising:
- a base layer;
- and
- a friction layer arranged adjacent the base layer,
- wherein the base layer is formed from a first material and the friction layer is formed from a combination of the first material and a recycled material embedded in the first material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.