Edge-adapted detectable warning tiles with bottom-side extensions
AssigneeStrongGo LLC
InventorsGeorg R. Becker, Jeremiah A. Moore
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Abstract
Apparatus and processes that include a detectable warning tile having a top side with a plurality of protuberances forming a pattern or array and a second tile member disposed perpendicular to an edge of the detectable warning tile. The bottom side of both the detectable warning tile and the second tile member have at least one anchoring member embedded within a concavity in the bottom side, making the tile and tile member especially durable on platform edges.
Claims20
A detectable warning tile having a top side with a plurality of protuberances forming a pattern or array thereon, a bottom side, and an anchoring member attached within a concavity in the bottom side of the tile;
- a second tile member disposed perpendicular to an edge of said detectable warning tile and having a bottom side including a second anchoring member attached within a concavity, said second anchoring member facing the anchoring member of the detectable warning tile;
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- a hardening substrate or cementitious material, wherein said anchoring members of both the detectable warning tile and the second tile member are embedded in said hardening substrate or cementitious material such that the material bonds with the bottom of the detectable warning tile and second tile member and holds fast each anchoring member and tile in permanent arrangement therewith.
A tile arrangement, comprising:
- a detectable warning tile having a top side with a plurality of protuberances forming a pattern or array thereon, a bottom side, and an anchoring member attached within a concavity in the bottom side of the tile;
- a second tile member disposed perpendicular to an edge of said detectable warning tile and having a bottom side including a second anchoring member attached within a concavity;
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- a substrate, wherein each of said anchoring members of both the detectable warning tile and the second tile member are embedded in said substrate such that the substrate bonds with the bottom of the detectable warning tile and second tile member and holds fast each anchoring member and each tile in permanent arrangement therewith.
A method for installing a detectable warning tile at a platform edge, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a detectable warning tile having a top side and a bottom side, said tile including an anchoring member attached within a concavity in the bottom side of the tile;
- (b) providing a second tile member having a bottom side including a second anchoring member attached within a concavity;
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- (c) setting said detectable warning tile and said second tile member in a wet substrate such that the detectable warning tile and second tile member form a substantially L-shaped corner at said platform edge and said wet substrate hardens around and holds fast each anchoring member and bonds with substantially all of the bottom side of both the detectable warning tile and the second tile member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.