Patent ID: 11905718
Assignee: CB INTERESTS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A flexible support screen of an outdoor decking system, the flexible support screen being configured to support a plurality of tiles on a top surface of an outdoor decking structure when the flexible support screen is positioned between the top surface of the outdoor decking structure and at least one of the plurality of tiles, each tile being unadhered to the flexible support screen and laterally spaced apart from adjacent tiles to form spaces between each tile and the adjacent tiles, the flexible support screen comprising:
a drainage layer comprising:
a top surface having a plurality of upper openings;
a bottom surface spaced apart from the top surface, the bottom surface having a plurality of lower openings; and
a plurality of channels, each channel extending between an upper opening of the top surface and a lower opening of the bottom surface, each of the plurality of channels being configured to receive a fluid at the upper opening of the top surface and direct the fluid through the drainage layer to the lower opening of the bottom surface and on to the top surface of the outdoor decking structure; and

a bedding layer positioned on the top surface of the drainage layer, the bedding layer being an elastomeric polymer and more compressible than the drainage layer, the bedding layer comprising:
a top surface configured to engage a bottom surface of at least one of the plurality of tiles; and
a bottom surface configured to engage the top surface of the drainage layer;

wherein the bedding layer has a hardness within a range of Shore OO Scale 50 and Shore A Scale 40 and a thickness in a range of 0.030 inches and 0.125 inches to provide for at least one of the plurality of tiles to bed into the bedding layer and for the bedding layer to inhibit lateral movement of the at least one tile; and
wherein the flexible support screen has a thickness in a range of 0.188 inches to 0.500 inches.