Mat construction having environmentally resistant skin
AssigneeJoe Penland, Jr.
InventorsJoe Penland, Jr., Rustin Penland, Scott Calvert, Thomas O'Brien
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Abstract
An industrial mat that includes a core construction that provides strength and rigidity to the mat, with the core construction including plural layers or plies of components at least some of which are of wood or engineered wood; and a durable skin that surrounds and encapsulates at least the wood components of the mat or the entire core construction. The skin has a thickness sufficient to provide environmental resistance to the wood components or to the core construction to which it is applied. The skin also provides abrasion resistance to the boards and mat.
Claims17
An industrial mat comprising:
- a core construction that provides strength and rigidity to the mat, the core construction including plural layers or plies of components that are nailed or bolted together to form a rigid core construction, wherein at least some or all of the components are wood or engineered wood;
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- an encapsulation of a durable skin of a thermoplastic, thermosetting or elastomeric material or a mixture thereof that surrounds and fully encapsulates at least each of the wood components, with the skin having a thickness sufficient to provide environmental resistance to the wood components or core construction that it encapsulates, while also providing abrasion resistance to the mat.
An industrial mat comprising:
- a core construction that provides strength and rigidity to the mat, the core construction including plural layers or plies of elongated wood or engineered wood members that are nailed or bolted together to form a rigid core construction;
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- an encapsulation of a durable skin of a thermoplastic, thermosetting or elastomeric material or a mixture thereof that surrounds and fully encapsulates each of the elongated wood or elongated wood members of each layer, the skin having a thickness sufficient to provide environmental resistance to each of the elongated wood or engineered wood members that it encapsulates, while also providing abrasion resistance to the mat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.