Patent ID: 9487923
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B29C,B32B,E01C,E04F,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A polymeric, injection-molded, modular floor tile for use in creating a flooring surface comprising a plurality of such tiles, the floor tile comprising: a body injection-molded from a first polymer compound and having an upper surface and a lower surface, the body having a plurality of spaced-apart through-holes extending from the lower surface to the upper surface; at least one fill point disposed adjacent the lower surface and laterally displaced from each of the through-holes, the fill point receiving a second polymer compound, the second polymer compound being elastomeric and being softer than the first polymer compound when both are solidified; a plurality of elongate runners injection-molded from the second polymer compound, each runner having an end located at the fill point and laterally extending along the lower surface of the body, each runner connected to any other of the plurality of runners only at the fill point, each runner joining the fill point to at least one respective through-hole, each through-hole connected to only one runner; and a plurality of pads injection-molded from the second polymer compound, each pad disposed on the upper surface of the body, laterally spaced from the fill point, and laterally spaced from the other pads, each pad located on top of a respective through-hole and joined to a runner by second polymer compound filling a respective through-hole, a lateral area of the through-hole at the upper surface of the body being a small fraction of a lateral area at the upper surface of the body of a respective pad, any of the plurality of pads connected to any other of the plurality of pads only by runners and through the fill point; wherein a majority of the lower surface of the body is not covered by second polymer compound.