US 12,291,826 B2
Overlapping modular mat system including mat components having fortifying members
Randy Paul Bordelon, Opelousas, LA (US); James Kerwin McDowell, Lafayette, LA (US); Gaurav Agrawal, The Woodlands, TX (US); Saad Aziz, The Woodlands, TX (US); Dane Manuel, The Woodlands, TX (US); and Adam Marcel, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Assigned to NEWPARK MATS & INTEGRATED SERVICES LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/434,493
Filed by Newpark Mats & Integrated Services LLC, The Woodlands, TX (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/020310
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/176833, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/811,878, filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0136181 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. E01C 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 9/086 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mat comprising:
a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the mat having a body with a thickness defined between the first side and the second side, a width defined between a first edge and a second edge, the second edge opposite the first edge, wherein a thickness direction is defined in a direction from the first side to the second side;
and
a lip extending from the body of the mat, wherein the first side, the second side, and the lip are integrally formed to define an integrally formed mat, the lip comprising:
a first rib having a first rib thickness in the thickness direction, and a first channel portion integrally formed with the first rib and having a first channel thickness in the thickness direction, wherein the first rib thickness is greater than the first channel thickness,
a second rib having a second rib thickness in the thickness direction that is greater than the first channel thickness such that a void is positioned between the first rib and the second rib with the first channel positioned between the first rib and the second rib, and
a lip stiffener extending between the first rib and the second rib and filling at least a portion of the void between the first rib and the second rib.