Patent ID: 9534399
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: E04B,E04F

Claim:
1. A method of assembling a plurality of interlocking modular mats into a mat system with a ramped border around its periphery, each interlocking modular mat comprising, an inner core structure and an outer panel structure attached to the periphery of said inner core structure; wherein, said inner core structure is generally planar, comprising upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral edge, the peripheral edge including at least one side surface portion, said at least one side surface portion of said inner core structure being tapered to form a ramp; wherein, said outer panel structure is spaced apart from said inner core structure by an attachment structure which is integral to both said inner core structure and said outer panel structure, at least one channel in said mat and adjacent to a peripheral edge of said inner core structure, the at least one channel acting as a guide for separation of the inner core structure from one or more portions of the outer panel structure by cutting of the attachment structure, and interlocking members affixed adjacent to a perimeter of each interlocking modular mat to attach adjacent interlocking modular mats together, the method comprising the steps of: interlocking the plurality of interlocking modular mats together, and cutting at least a portion of the attachment structure of at least one of the interlocking modular mats to expose the ramp of the at least one side surface portion of said inner core structure on the cut interlocking modular mat forming a ramped peripheral edge along at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the inner core structure of the cut interlocking modular mat.