Patent ID: 9212746
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: E01C,F16J

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for sealing the gap between adjacent mats in a reusable load-supporting surface deployed on the ground, the load-supporting surface capable of supporting the weight of vehicles and equipment thereupon and including at least two mats, each mat being planar and having at least four sides and an edge extending along each side, the first and second sides of each mat having a lower lip extending horizontally outwardly below the edge thereof and the third and fourth sides of each mat having an upper lip forming the edge thereof, wherein when an upper lip of one mat is positioned atop the lower lip of an adjacent mat, the respective upper and lower lips are interconnectable with locking pins releasably securable through corresponding locking pin holes formed therein, the gap being formed between adjacent edges of adjacent interconnected mats in the load-supporting surface, the gap having an upper end, lower end, width, depth and length and being in fluid communication with an interface formed and extending from the lower end of the gap horizontally between the respective adjacent upper and lower lips of the adjacent mats, the interface being in fluid communication with the ground beneath the load-supporting surface, the apparatus comprising: an elongated seal member constructed of rubber and including whereby fluid introduced onto the load-supporting surface is prevented from flowing from the gap into the interface formed between the adjacent mats.